The filming of the second part of Tibetan documentary “Village on the rope bridge” will start later this year, China Tibet News reported.

The “Village on the rope bridge” won the Excellence Award at the China “Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in January this year from a total of 7,000 works from home and abroad. In order to update the changes in the village over the eight years, the filming of its second part will kick off soon.

The documentary is set in Waiba village in Pashod County’s Xialitownship, Chamdo City, Tibet. Since the village was isolated by Nujiang River from the outside world, the villagers had to rely on the ropeway across the river to go to other places. What’s more shocking is that, villagers intermarried between themselves during a long period of time and shared the same water source as livestock. As a result, some people caught the rare disease¬-- “Kashin-Beck”, also known as the “dwarf disease”.

Yang Nianhua, the documentary producer and screenwriter, was one of the few who had ever entered the village when he held the temporary post of deputy head of Chamdo Pashod County Committee from 2007 to 2009. He said that the rope bridge, 30-40 meters above the river, could only hold two or three hanging iron baskets, which made transport very difficult. He then made up his mind to do his best to help people outside know about the hardship of the Waiba village at the time.

Following the show of the documentary and its participation in exhibitions and competitions, more people have come to understand the situation of the Waiba village. The local government is also working to improve the backwardness the village. According to Yang, in 2011 a cement bridge was built up leading to the Waiba village, abandoning the rope bridge and making it possible for some villagers to relocate to other places.

Yang Nianhua, who is yet to return to the village since eight years ago, has been very concerned about the villagers. Therefore, he decided to shoot the second part of the film. The documentary had been listed as one of Tibet’s art projects in 2016. Filming will officially start in the second half of this year, according to Yang.