NANC cares: Karma, an great Nepali movie being shown in the Bay Area
Did you enjoy "Himalaya" by Eric Valli? Come join us for another sensational movie filmed in the Himalayas by our own Nepali filmmakers.
In a Mustang nunnery a revered abbess dies, leaving signs that she will be reborn in the precious human form. Prayers and ritual must be done to help her consciousness into its next rebirth, but the nunnery coffers are empty.
In order to get back money mysteriously loaned out to a mysterious and shady Mr. Tashi who visited the senior nun in her last days.
The two nuns assigned the mission to retrieve the money are Karma, a free-spirited nun, and her opposite, a textbook-sort of nun called Sonam. Mr. Tashi proves elusive. His shadowy trail leads them from the cloistered world of the high mountains, to the sin cities, and a host of small cruelties en route as well as Mr. Tashi's growing infamy.
Come experience Karma's journey to expose Mr. Tashi.
Crew
Original Story and Direction
Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
Tsering Rhitar Sherpa was born in Nepal He studied filmmaking at the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi has filmed the Dalai Lama and the institutions of the Tibetan government-in-exile. His work includes "Tears of Torture", "The Spirit Doesn't Come Anymore" (Best Film Award in FILM SOUTH ASIA and Best Indigenous Filmmaker of the Year at Parnu Anthropological Film Festival, Estonia), “Mukundo†(Nepal's Official Entry for Academy Awards (OSCAR) in Best Foreign Language Film Section in 2000).
Cinematography
Ranjan Palit Ranjan Palit graduated from the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, in 1982, with a diploma in cinematography has won two Indian National Awards in recognition of his work and has shot over 50 documentaries.
Screenplay
Kesang Tseten Kesang Tseten, a writer and a documentary filmmaker by profession, graduated from School of Journalism (M.S.), Columbia University, New York in 1979 and wrote Mukundo: Mask of Desire and won the Best Screenplay Award for Mukundo in 2000.
Where?
Naz8 Cinema, Fremont
When?
Sunday August 13, 1pm
$8.00/person
limited seating available
On Sunday, Pasedo Padre is going to be blocked due to India Independence day Parade at 12:00noon on Mowry and Fremont Blvd, so please do plan to come early.
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