Hungry Minds
Α Bengalese architect builds library boats that can bring books to people even during the monsoon season. Α Mongolian author packs two boxes full of books each summer to provide reading material to children in remote areas. Α Kenyan librarian leads caravans of camels loaded with boxes of books to the nomadic tribes bordering Somalia. Despite the heat, wind, rain or snow, they still manage their long journeys. This film about the fascinating world of mobile libraries tells of unusual means of transportation and adventurous travel, of different cultures and lifestyles, of the worries, aspirations and dreams of people in these areas – of books that change lives – and of book lovers, who take on unbelievable challenges in order to provide people in the remotest areas of the world with reading material. A film about the love of literature and the respect for knowledge that accepts no boundaries.
Year: 2012
Genre:
Studio: trifilm
Director: Beatrix Schwehm
Cast:
Crew: Beatrix Schwehm (Director), Wiebke Abraham (Editor), Beatrix Schwehm (Producer), Bernd Meiners (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 87 minutes
Release: Mar 14, 2012
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Germany
Language: English, বাংলা, Somali, Kiswahili,
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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