The Search For Shangri-La CTBA
Take a fascinating journey back in time to explore a hidden country and share the experiences of those few travellers, explorers and diplomats permitted to enter Tibet before 1950. A rich tapestry of ceremonial events, dramatic landscapes, colourful flora and fauna captured on film from the BFI National Archive reveal a lost world - a veritable Shangri-la. This selection of films reveals extraordinary images taken in Tibet from 1922 -1950.
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- 100 mins
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