Summary The film tells the story of the long connection between a Blacksburg, Virginia, artist and a prominent Buddhist lama and healer from the culturally Tibetan region of Western Nepal. In June of 2007 a team carried a large and beautiful painting, called a thangka, to a village in the Himalayas, and the village held a festival to celebrate its arrival. The film was made with the blessings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Vance was the first female and westerner to complete such a painting. The film team traveled to sacred sites including a recently discovered Himalayan cave of ancient Buddhist paintings, and documented a traditional way of life that is disappearing with the arrival of roads and electricity to the region. View more details
Directed : Tom Landon Jenna Swann
Written : Tom Landon Jenna Swann Jane Vance
Stars : Lisa Mullins
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : May 31, 2010
Countries of origin : United States Nepal
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Summary The film tells the story of the long connection between a Blacksburg, Virginia, artist and a prominent Buddhist lama and healer from the culturally Tibetan region of Western Nepal. In June of 2007 a team carried a large and beautiful painting, called a thangka, to a village in the Himalayas, and the village held a festival to celebrate its arrival. The film was made with the blessings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Vance was the first female and westerner to complete such a painting. The film team traveled to sacred sites including a recently discovered Himalayan cave of ancient Buddhist paintings, and documented a traditional way of life that is disappearing with the arrival of roads and electricity to the region. View more details
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : May 31, 2010
Countries of origin : United States Nepal
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
