AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary and Independent Film Series at the Spurlock Museum: Baato (2020)

• Event Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022
• Time: 7:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free, open to the public

• Film

Baato
A film by Lucas Millard and Kate Stryker.
2020 / 81 minutes

Baato tells the story of a young village family on an annual migration along the route of a coming transnational highway. Partially complete, the highway project will transform this roadless Himalayan valley permanently and open up a direct transport route between Nepal and China—bringing new challenges, new opportunities, and ultimately a new way of being to those who live along its path. The documentary is a visual feast that glimpses the effects of development and globalization from the perspective of those affected most directly—it is a journey through the heart of a changing Nepal.

Image provided by Grasshopper Film

AsiaLENS Film Series

AsiaLENS is a film screening and discussion series offering campus and community audiences an opportunity to view documentary and independent film on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia.

AsiaLENS screenings are funded in part by the Spurlock Museum's Y.T. Lo and S. de Mundo Lo Scholar's Studio Endowment and B.A. Knight Endowment.

Co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies (external link)