# MOVIE with a Vision: Tashi & The Monk -Nima Khenrab TAWANG: Is a real time documentary film shot entirely at an orphanage (Jamtse Gatsal Children’s Community) situated in the remote foothills of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. The film revolves around 5 year old girl Tashi. Tashi - a new arrival at the home shares a troubled past, opposite whom is a former Buddhist monk Lobsang Phuntsok with a committed mission to raise orphans with love and compassion. At Jamtse Gatsal, as wild and disturbed Tashi learns what love is, will her stay at the orphanage transform her and will she be able to reciprocate love and compassion with the other 84 children and her mentor, father, friend Lobsang? *About the Orphanage ‘Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s Community’ in Tawang is one of the primary initiatives by an USA based NGO ‘Jhamtse International’. The Jamtse nurtures and supports orphanages from the Himalayan region of Tawang. At present the home provides love, shelter, food and education to 85 children ranging from toddler to adolescent. It is run by volunteers and sustained solely by philanthropy. Jhamtse Gatsal (jhaam’-tsay gah’-tsal) is Tibetan for “garden of love and compassion.” *Wanna Help Click on to: jhamtseinternational.org/ *About the Flim Genre: Documentary ___________________________________________________ Starring: Lobsang Phuntsok, Tashi Drolma, Tenzin Dolma A, Raju and all members of Jhamtse Gatsal Childrens Community ________________________________________ Directed: By Andrew Hinton & Johnny Burke
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:01:28 +0000
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