Yurt Fims and Video
Around The Yurt - detailed information about yurts
Mujaan (The Craftsman). By Chris McKee, Ragcha Media, 2004.
On the distant steppes of Mongolia, using only simple tools, strength and ingenuity, a nomad builds a home much the way his ancestors have for the past one thousand years.
Mujaan (The Craftsman) is a vivid window to a disappearing way of life in a pristine wilderness.
Features:
Mujaan - 25 minutes.
Elements of Mujaan - six 3 minute shorts.
Commentary Tracks - with archaeologist Jeannine Davis-Kimball, editor Adam Heller & producer Chris McKee.
12 page insert with three classroom lessons & information about Mongolia.
The Story of the Weeping Camel is an enchanting film that follows the adventures of a family of herders in Mongolia's Gobi region who face a crisis when the mother camel unexpectedly rejects her newborn calf after a particularly difficult birth. Uniquely composed of equal parts reality, drama, and magic, this film is a window into a different way of life and the universal terrain of the heart.
Cave of the Yellow Dog. Byambasuren Dava, Director, 2006.
A Mongolian nomad family find themselves in disagreement when the oldest daughter, Nansal, finds a dog and brings it home. Believing that it is responsible for attacking his sheep, her father refuses to allow her to keep it. When it’s time for the family to move on, Nansal must decide whether to defy her father and take her new friend with them. Oscar-nominated director Byambasuren’s follow up to the hugely successful THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL is a thought provoking mix of documentary and drama that tells the story of the age-old bond between man and dog, a bond which experiences a new twist through the eternal cycle of reincarnation in Mongolia.
Mongolia is home to the only true wild horses known to still exist. Julia Roberts, who shares a passion for horses with the Mongolian people, went there to sample life as a nomad on the steppes of central Asia and learn first hand why the wild horse has been an integral part of existence there for millennia.
Short Video Clips
Mongolian Cloud House Recommended YouTube video by Dan Frank Kuehn showing a ger peing pitched.
Mongolian Felt Making
Yurt Manufacture Video Part 1
Yurt Manufacture Video Part B
Pitching a Kyrgyz Yurt