Educate the Children Nepal presents BAATO, Thursday April 20, 7:00pm!Every winter Mikma and her family travel by foot from their village deep in the Himalaya of Nepal to sell local medicinal plants in urban markets. This year, construction of a new highway to China has begun in their roadless valley, and things are never going to be the same. Through the subjects’ experiences, a document of a time and place emerges: one that details life in the Himalayas before a new highway forever transforms this mountain landscape. Following the film, stick around for a discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers!
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