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Lunana : a yak in the classroom / Dangphu Dingphu ; a 3 Pigs Production in association with Huanxi Media Group Limited presents ; a Pawo Choyning Dorji film ; written and directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji ; produced by Pawo Choyning Dorji, Steven Xiang, Stephanie Lai, Honglin Jia.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Dzongkha
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration--Drama.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Teachers--Drama.
- Teachers.
- Singers--Drama.
- Singers.
- Villages--Bhutan--Drama.
- Villages.
- Grandmothers--Drama.
- Grandmothers.
- Lunana (Bhutan)--Drama.
- Lunana (Bhutan).
- Australia.
- Genre:
- Drama
- Feature films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Bhutanese.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Yak in the classroom
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, CA] : Samuel Goldwyn Films, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Dzongkha and English dialogue; English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.35:1, 16x9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1; Dolby Digital stereo.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- stereo
- Dolby digital 5.1
- Dolby digital 2.0
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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 daunting 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.
- Participant:
- Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Pem Zam, Kunzang Wangdi, Tshering Dorji.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Jigme T. Tenzing ; editor, Ku Hsiao Yun.
- Notes:
- Bonus trailers: "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom," "Another Round," "The Man who Sold His Skin," "Swallows and Amazons," "Zoo."
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
- Wide screen.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Container of: Lunana (Motion picture)
- OCLC:
- 1306449708
- Publisher Number:
- 850028052266
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