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A Year in the Clouds (2011)

A Year in the Clouds (2011)

Documentary
Release Date: 2011, June 30
Directors: Dean Johnson, Frank Smith
Countries: Taiwan
Production: Infocus Asia, Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation

Overview:

High in the mountains of Taiwan, is the remote village of Smangus. Inhabited by a unique group of indigenous people called the Tayal, Smangus is the only place in Taiwan that now practices common ownership of land and property. This is a place where nature and man have found balance. Now, witness every part of the lives of these people, through pain and joy, and experience the unique bonds formed with the ancient trees around them, in a film that documents A Year In The Clouds - a year amongst the sacred forests of this tribe.