Lee's parasol (Thailand)

United States, 1979

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Episode of Series “World cultures and youth”.
15 year old Lee Nakhampa is making a beautiful parasol as a ‘gift of love’ for her cousin, a Buddhist monk. Carefully designing and painting it, she leaves it to dry but returns to discover her employer has reluctantly given it to an important customer. Lee is upset, but recovers to quickly paint another parasol. We see her present it to her cousin during the ceremonies at the colourful Buddhist festival.

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Credits

director

Paul Saltzman

production company

Sunrise Films Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:24:20:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1979

Appears in

World cultures and youth

Group of items

World cultures and youth

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323510

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Workmanship

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → China - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Thailand - Social life and customs

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts and crafts movement

Crafts & Visual Arts → Handicraft

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Chinese

Crafts & Visual Arts → Workmanship

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cultural relativism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnology

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Thailand - Social conditions

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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