Video: Home-grown film industry rescues Himalayan culture

In the remote Indian province of Ladakh, self-taught film directors and editors are using high-tech tools to celebrate local traditions and values – and perhaps give Bollywood some competition. Monitor photographer Mary Knox Merrill reports.

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