Black Tent Films

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I am pleased to announce that this week we will watch Tibetan Woman's Life (Quicktime trailer), directed by a very talented filmmaker from Western China, Puhua Dongzhi. He is the founder of a film company, Black Tent Films, which has produced a number of award-winning documentaries on everyday life in his home region which have been screened across the globe. This film will help inform you about the lifestyle, culture, and challenges that are common for women the communities we are designing for during Project 1. Below is a summary taken from the film company's website:

Tibetan Woman's Life, dir. by Puhua Dongzhi

34-year old Sgrolmamtsho married Don'grub at the age of 21 (in 1993) without experience of housework, fieldwork, and fetching wood. Filmed by her husband's younger brother, 'phagspadon'grub, in Amdo, the film concentrates on the daily life of Tibetan village women--fetching water, feeding livestock (swine, a cow, a mule), milking, cleaning the stables, cooking, household religious activity, weeding fields, transporting manure to fields, fetching wood for fuel--along with commentary by Sgrolmamtsho about her life and family. (Rare insight into Tibetan village women's lives. Tibetan soundtrack; English subtitles. 52 minutes. Color.)

Screenings: 30 June. 2008--10th RAI International Film Festival of Ethnographic Film.