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bluekangling.com
Matt Blackburn
Director | Screenwriter | Creative Director
Ehsan Abbasi
Cinematographer | Editor
Nick Mills
Producer
Aashish Shrestha
Line Producer | On-Set Translator
Naresh Kumar KC
Assistant Director
Thomas Kurian
Sound Recordist
Tsepak Rigzin
Cultural Advisor | Translator
Jeremiah Cymerman
Composer
Death is one of the most elusive and taboo concepts. It’s permanence and uncertainty have mystified and confounded humans for millennia. One aspect however, that we know for certain, is one day we will all die.
Tibetan Buddhist have multifaceted explanations, theories and practices around their concept of death and what happens to a consciousness once it collapses into darkness. Thousands of years of meditation, teachings and living in extreme conditions have given way to rich existential theories built on basic human truths.
Blue Kangling is a film that uncovers the collective consciousness of death for Tibetan Buddhist. It is an observational approach revealing individuals who shape, influence and live according to this knowledge. Understanding is established through intimate portraits of commoners, as well as the philosophical and culturally enlightened who offer meaning and insight behind Tibetan Buddhism. Exploring rituals and practices from generations past, we uncover early cultural influences and explanations that answer the existential questions, “Why are they here?” and “Where will they will ultimately go?”
