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Lunana : a yak in the classroom

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

Dzongkha dialogue; English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam, Kunzang Wangdi, Tshering Dorji.

Publication Information

[Culver City, CA] : Samuel Goldwyn Films, [2022]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"A young teacher in modern Bhutan, Ugyen, shirks his duties while planning to go to Australia to become a singer. As a reprimand, his superiors send him to the most remote school in the world, in a village called Lunana, to complete his service. He finds himself exiled from his Westernized comforts after an arduous eight day trek, just to get there. There he finds no electricity, no textbooks, not even a blackboard. Though poor, the villagers extend a warm welcome to their new teacher, but he faces the daunging task of teaching the village children without any supplies. He wants to quit and go home, but he begins to learn of the hardship in the lives of the beautiful children he teaches, and begins to be transformed through the amazing spiritual strength of the villagers"--Container.

Notes

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2019.

Bonus trailers: "Lunana: a yak in the classroom," "Another round," "The man who sold his skin," "Swallows and Amazons," "Zoo."

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