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Moving Windmills Mustang – Journey of Transformation
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Plays in: All-Ages Docs & Shorts (p13) Plays with: Footsteps in Africa, A Nomadic Journey (p27)
Director/Cinematographer: Scott Thrift a73 Executive Producer: Tom Rielly a73 Producer: Ben Director/Producer: Will Parrinello a73 Screenwriter: Sarah Kass a73 Cinematographer: Andrew Black a73
Nabors a73 Editor: Ari Kuschnir a73 Music/Composer: Michael Maurice a73 Principal Cast: William Editor: Quinn Costello a73 Music/Composers: Richard Kern, Steve Messina a73 Narrator: Richard Gere
Kamkwmamba a73
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In late 2006, a Malawian newspaper wrote about William Lost in time, the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang is one of the
Kamkwmamba, a remarkable young man from a remote rural last sanctuaries of authentic Tibetan Buddhist culture. Long
village north of the capital city. Forced to drop out of high isolated by geography and politics, the people struggle to
school for lack of money, William saw a picture of a windmill survive, and the center of their culture, the fifteenth century
in a textbook and decided to build one to power his family’s monasteries and the brilliant holy murals within, are
home. Using found materials and scrapyard parts, he built a dangerously close to collapse. This breathtaking film tells the
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series of windmills which would change his and his family’s compelling story of the efforts to rescue this ancient place from
life. A visit to America reinforces his dreams to complete his the brink of extinction and help spark a cultural renaissance.
education and bring power to his country. [family-friendly,
subtitles] Will Parrinello
Scott Thrift
Director’s Statement
Director’s Statement
While making my film, I met a lot of young
Lobas (the people of Mustang) who were
Moving Windmills was shot in late 2007/early educated outside of Mustang. I admire
2008 during William Kamkwmamba’s first Tsewang Bista, Prince Jigme Bista and all of
visit to the United States. It briefly tells of the young Lobas, who, after receiving
William’s past accomplishments and the quality education outside of Mustang, have
future of possibility available to him. The all returned home to help their people. They could have easily
story outlined in this short film lays the groundwork for a feature left Lo to pursue other opportunities, but they choose to go back
length documentary, now in progress. and they are important role models for the next generation.
Filmography: Cool Hunting Video, GoldenEye; An Invitation, TED2008: Ideas Worth Selected Filmography: Global Focus: The New Environmentalists, Emile Norman – By His
Spreading Own Design (2007 AIFF), Dreaming of Tibet (2004 AIFF), Kerouac, Little Italy
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