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Exercise Food habits United States Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages Nepal Manakāmanā Manakāmanā (Nepal) Religious life and customs Manakāmanā (Nepal) Social life and customs Nutrition policy United States Nutrition United States Obesity in children United States Obesity United States Railroads, Elevated Nepal ManakāmanāSummary: Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FED1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FED
Summary: "Filmed entirely inside the narrow confines of a cable car, high above a jungle in Nepal that transports villagers to an ancient mountaintop temple, [Manakamana] is an acute ethnographic investigation into culture, religion, technology and modernity ... For centuries, devoted pilgrims hoping to reach the fabled temple needed to undertake an arduous multi-day journey. Today, because of a new...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2014