Trailer: Summer Pasture
"Summer Pasture is a feature-length documentary that chronicles one summer with a young pastoral family living in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet. Locho, his wife Yama, and their infant daughter survive in the mountains by herding yak, much as their ancestors have for generations. In recent years, however, pastoral life has become increasingly difficult and now many pastoralists are settling in town. Soon, Locho and Yama will face the same predicament, when they must choose whether to raise their daughter in the pasture or send her school -- a decision that will have deep implications for their future as pastoralists.” (Kham Film Project)
Peabody Award winning director Nelson Walker will join us in person.
Directors Tsering Perlo, Lynn True, Nelson Walker
Duration: 85 min
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, Family
Languages: Tibetan, English subtitles
The classic feature length film Summer Pasture, a Peabody-award winning feature documentary offers a thought-provoking glimpse into the life of a pastoral family in the heart of Tibet in a time of uncertain socio-economic transition.
This film is acclaimed for its "artful, dramatic, comedic, intimate portrait of a culture both unique and universal." Summer Pasture was a labor of love and empathy for the filmmaking team, Tsering Perlo, Lynn True and Nelson Walker. Based in the high pastures of Dzachuka, Kham, the film captures the struggles, as well as the philosophical awareness, of a young couple as new cultural and political worlds encroach upon their traditional way of life. Summer Pasture is a window into Tibetan gender relations and the status of women in Tibetan pastoralist cultures.
We are proud that director Tsering Perlo was the first recipient of a Machik Fellowship, a program supporting dynamic Tibetan changemakers dedicated to strengthening their communities in Tibet.
Filmmakers' Bios
Director: Tsering Perlo
Tsering Perlo founded Rabsal, a Tibetan NGO that supported Tibetan filmmakers to preserve Tibetan culture and customs. He is a graduate of the Sichuan Province Tibetan School (SPTI) and later worked with a number of nonprofits and the University of Virginia. Perlo is the first recipient of the Machik Fellowship, a program designed to support dynamic Tibetan change-makers working to strengthen their communities and environments in Tibet.
Producer/Director: Lynn True
Lynn True grew up transnationally in South Korea, India, Hopi Land in Arizona and in Oregon, then settling in New York City. She graduated from Brown University and became an assistant editor at NBC News and PBS. Lynn has made several independent films such as iThemba|Hope (about an HIV+ choir from South Africa) and LUMO (about a young woman survivor in the Democratic Republic of Congo recovering from rape. Currently, Lynn is also an independent curator at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem. Along with Nelson Wallker, Lynn is a cofounder of two unique events, the Tibet in Harlem and Congo in Harlem film festivals.
Producer/Director: Nelson Walker
Nelson Walker graduated from Brown University and then from Columbia University with an MFA. Over the years, he has worked on documentaries with Discovery Channel, History Channel, and PBS. His directorial debut documentary, iThemba|Hope, was broadcast on the Sundance Channel. Nelson has also worked for many years at the Tibet University in Lhasa and with the Tibetan & Himalayan Library. His film LUMO – about a Congolese woman rape survivor - won a Student Academy Award, the President's Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and was broadcast on PBS 2007. Nelson serves on Machik's Advisory Board.
"Summer Pasture is a feature-length documentary that chronicles one summer with a young pastoral family living in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet. Locho, his wife Yama, and their infant daughter survive in the mountains by herding yak, much as their ancestors have for generations. In recent years, however, pastoral life has become increasingly difficult and now many pastoralists are settling in town. Soon, Locho and Yama will face the same predicament, when they must choose whether to raise their daughter in the pasture or send her school -- a decision that will have deep implications for their future as pastoralists.” (Kham Film Project)
Peabody Award winning director Nelson Walker will join us in person.
Directors Tsering Perlo, Lynn True, Nelson Walker
Duration: 85 min
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, Family
Languages: Tibetan, English subtitles
The classic feature length film Summer Pasture, a Peabody-award winning feature documentary offers a thought-provoking glimpse into the life of a pastoral family in the heart of Tibet in a time of uncertain socio-economic transition.
This film is acclaimed for its "artful, dramatic, comedic, intimate portrait of a culture both unique and universal." Summer Pasture was a labor of love and empathy for the filmmaking team, Tsering Perlo, Lynn True and Nelson Walker. Based in the high pastures of Dzachuka, Kham, the film captures the struggles, as well as the philosophical awareness, of a young couple as new cultural and political worlds encroach upon their traditional way of life. Summer Pasture is a window into Tibetan gender relations and the status of women in Tibetan pastoralist cultures.
We are proud that director Tsering Perlo was the first recipient of a Machik Fellowship, a program supporting dynamic Tibetan changemakers dedicated to strengthening their communities in Tibet.
Filmmakers' Bios
Director: Tsering Perlo
Tsering Perlo founded Rabsal, a Tibetan NGO that supported Tibetan filmmakers to preserve Tibetan culture and customs. He is a graduate of the Sichuan Province Tibetan School (SPTI) and later worked with a number of nonprofits and the University of Virginia. Perlo is the first recipient of the Machik Fellowship, a program designed to support dynamic Tibetan change-makers working to strengthen their communities and environments in Tibet.
Producer/Director: Lynn True
Lynn True grew up transnationally in South Korea, India, Hopi Land in Arizona and in Oregon, then settling in New York City. She graduated from Brown University and became an assistant editor at NBC News and PBS. Lynn has made several independent films such as iThemba|Hope (about an HIV+ choir from South Africa) and LUMO (about a young woman survivor in the Democratic Republic of Congo recovering from rape. Currently, Lynn is also an independent curator at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem. Along with Nelson Wallker, Lynn is a cofounder of two unique events, the Tibet in Harlem and Congo in Harlem film festivals.
Producer/Director: Nelson Walker
Nelson Walker graduated from Brown University and then from Columbia University with an MFA. Over the years, he has worked on documentaries with Discovery Channel, History Channel, and PBS. His directorial debut documentary, iThemba|Hope, was broadcast on the Sundance Channel. Nelson has also worked for many years at the Tibet University in Lhasa and with the Tibetan & Himalayan Library. His film LUMO – about a Congolese woman rape survivor - won a Student Academy Award, the President's Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and was broadcast on PBS 2007. Nelson serves on Machik's Advisory Board.
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