''A Little Wisdom'' is a 2017 Canadian documentary film, directed by
Yuqi Kang.
[Clarence Tsui]
"Chinese filmmaker tells story of child monks in Nepal – they fight, swear and are addicted to cellphones"
''South China Morning Post
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'', July 19, 2018. The film depicts a group of young boys at a
Buddhist
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monastery school in
Lumbini
Lumbinī (, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The Buddhist commentaries state that Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini around 624 BCE. Gautama is bel ...
,
Nepal
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,
[Lakshmi Gandhi]
"Yuqi Kang’s A Little Wisdom to Make U.S. Debut at South by Southwest Film Festival"
'' Tricycle: The Buddhist Review'', January 31, 2018. centring in particular on Hopakuli, a four-year-old boy who was left at the monastery with his brother Chorten by their impoverished single mother following their father's death.
[Marc Glassman]
"More than a Little Wisdom"
''Point of View
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* Point of view (philosophy), an attitude how one sees or ...
'', April 26, 2018.
The film premiered in 2017 at the
22nd Busan International Film Festival
The 22nd Busan International Film Festival was held from October 12 to October 21, 2017 at the Busan Cinema Center and hosted by Jang Dong-gun and Im Yoon-ah. A total of 300 films from 75 countries were screened at the festival, including 100 wor ...
.
[ It had its American premiere at ]SXSW
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,[ and its Canadian premiere at the 2018 ]Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
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Awards
References
External links
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2017 films
2017 documentary films
Canadian documentary films
2010s Canadian films
Films shot in Nepal
Documentary films about children
Documentary films about Buddhism
Documentary films about education
Documentary films about Nepal
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