On April 25, 2015 Nepal was hit by a quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale. Among the worst hit in Nepal’s 2015 earthquake was the prime trekking destination of Langtang. A glacial collapse caused an avalanche of rock, ice and mud, resulting in an airblast, equal to half the force of the Hiroshima atom bomb. The 400-odd survivors, out of a community of 700, were evacuated from the highland, to a camp on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu until their resettlement six months later. In showing the much dwindled community’s response to the disaster, until their resettlement a year later, the film reveals the transformation, profound and yet often taken for granted, that has been sweeping the Himalaya over the last decades.
Genre: Documentary
Country: Nepal
Runtime: 83 Min
Director: Kesang Tseten
Language(s): Nepali
Subtitles: English
Dates & Times: May 19, 2018, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Plays In: Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14 | Auditorium : 2