Manakamana (film)

Manakamana
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephanie Spray, Pacho Velez
Produced byLucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel
Distributed byCinema Guild
Release date
  • 12 August 2013 (2013-08-12) (Locarno Film Festival)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesNepali
English
Budget$10,000[1]
Box office$30,029[2]

Manakamana is a 2013 documentary film directed by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez of the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University. It is an experimental[3] documentary about pilgrims traveling on the Manakamana Cable Car between Cheres, Chitwan and the Manakamana Temple in Nepal. The film has been acquired for U.S. distribution by The Cinema Guild.

  1. ^ Kouguell, Susan. "Locarno Film Festival: Interview with Manakamana filmmakers Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez". IndieWire. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Manakamana (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ^ Ebiri, Bilge. "Ebiri on Manakamana: Two Hours in a Nepalese Cable Car and a Near Act of Hypnosis". New York Magazine (Vulture). Retrieved 16 May 2015.