'' High Plains Doctor '' was shot in the village of Yushu , which was leveled in an earthquake shortly after filming . The film is the only known moving picture documentation of the town before its destruction , providing a rare document into a way of life that is disappearing . The film documents Sobol ’s tenth and final medical mission to Yushu
earthquake
2010 Yushu earthquake
High Plains Doctor: Healing on the Tibetan Plateau