The Shepherdess of the Glaciers
2016, English. Directed by Stanzin Dorjai Gya.
Award-winning documentary film capturing the life of a shepherdess through the seasons in the high-altitude Himalayas.
She is one of the last shepherdesses who still lives with her flock in the heights of the Gya-Miru valley in Ladakh. At the age of 50, Tsering is the youngest in her village to drive her 350 goats and sheep at the expense of transhumance in this region of the Himalayas, located between 4000 and 6000 meters above sea level. A harsh and precarious life, often solitary, mishandled by difficult climatic conditions and a sometimes hostile nature, which does not prevent this tiny bit of woman to sing, laugh and ... philosophize.
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- U
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The Shepherdess of the Glaciers runs 74 minutes (1h 14m).
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The Shepherdess of the Glaciers is rated U in India. That rating means it is generally fine for children.
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The Shepherdess of the Glaciers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 August 2016. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Shepherdess of the Glaciers, try Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, Kiss the Ground.
Who directed The Shepherdess of the Glaciers?
The Shepherdess of the Glaciers (2016) was directed by Stanzin Dorjai Gya.