Through the intimate interactions of three generations of the Namgyal family, The Song Collector explores the uneasy relationship between culture and development and ultimately offers a new vision, inspired by the Buddhist concept of the ‘middle path’, that seeks to find a lasting coexistence between tradition and modernization.

A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY ERIK KOTO EDITED BY GRETCHEN BURGER FEATURING MUSIC BY MORUP NAMGYAL WITH TSERING CHOROL AND STANZIN "NONO" SAMCHOK

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

Mountain Film Telluride (world premiere)
Winner - Indomitable Spirit Award, MountainFilm Telluride
BANFF Mountain Film Festival Seattle
South Asian Film Festival
Buddhist Film Festival Europe
Brescia Mountain Culture Festival
Kathmandu International Film Festival
Winner - Awareness Film Festival merit award
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival Library
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
Ethnografilm Festival Paris
Rainier Arts Center screening series
NalandaWest spiritual center screening
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference
Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival PBS broadcast - Reel NW
Northwest Folklife Festival