Mountain Patrol: Kekexilli is a powerful documentary about animal activist in the far norther tibetan region of Kekexilli. Kekexilli is one of the largest animal reserves in China, and is home to the rare tibetan antelope. These animals are prized for their skins and are used to make illegal products and in the past 20 years the antelopes numbers have been dwindling due to poachers killing off the endangered animals. In the mid 1990's Tibetans formed a patrol to stop the illegal poaching even in cost of their own lives.
I believe that this film is symbolic of sacrifice, because that it was these volunteers are doing in battling these poachers. The patrol is trying to save its' world's most precious resource, but at the same time it is powerful because it is for humanity. Despite a realistic a detached style, the film represents the Western genre in several ways. There is a portrayal of a masculine, harsh way of life and culture of honour at the frontier of civilization but at the same time a depiction of a majestic landscape that becomes the central focal point of the film.
The characterization of the film is really highlighted when the characters profess a love for their homeland whose name envokes "beautiful monutains, beautiful maidens."
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