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Embassy of India

Alpine Tour Service

Director: Bari Pearlman
USA (2007)
Audio: English
Subtitles: Japanese
70 min.
www.daughtersofwisdom.com

For centuries, Buddhist monasteries have served as spiritual and educational
centres for the people of Tibet, particularly in rural areas. But for the most part,
monastic life is available only to men as it has long been believed that educating
a woman is a waste of valuable resources. But in Nangchen, in remote north-
eastern Tibet, Kala Rongo Monastery is granting women choices they've never
had before, and changing outmoded attitudes that no longer serve the greater
good of the community. Nearly 300 nuns are now receiving religious and
educational training previously unavailable to them, and playing an
unprecedented role in preserving their rich cultural heritage even as they slowly
reshape it. DAUGHTERS OF WISDOM is an intimate portrait of these nuns,
who graciously allow the camera a never-before-seen glimpse into their vibrant
spiritual community and insight into their extraordinary lives. Some shy, some
outspoken, all are committed to the often difficult life they have chosen, away
from the yak farms and herding families of their birth.

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

(ENVIRONMENT)
* Meltdown
* Leave Nothing but Footprints
* Turf Wars
* Timber to Tibet
(ADVENTURE)
* Riding Solo To The Top Of The
World
* A Higher Calling
* Into the Thunder Dragon
* Farther than the Eye Can See
* Trio for One
* Fatal Game
(POLITICS / HUMAN RIGHTS)
* Thin ice
* Chulo, Choli ra Banduk - a stove,
a blouse and a gun
* Better to Have Been Killed
* The Forbidden Team
* Jashn-e-azadhi (How We
Celebrate Freedom)
* Siachen: A war for Ice
* Tibetan Refugees: A Struggle
Beyond Generations
(POVERTY & DEVELOPMENT)
* Journey of a Red Fridge
* Hami kunako maanche –
We corner people
* A Bridge over the Himalayas
* Yi khel gi kawa
(The Price of a Letter)
* Tingvong: a Lepcha village in
Sikkim
(CULTURE)
* Angry Monk
* Miss Tibet
* Closer than Tibet
* Bhedako Oon Jasto...in search
of a song...

* A man called nomad
* Call it Karma
* Daughters of Wisdom
* Bhutan - Taking the Middle Path
to Happiness