Ironweed Film Club No. 36: Daughters of Wisdom/ Punam/ Uncommon Heroes: Ann Cotton
March 2, 2011Ironweed Film Club No. 36: Daughters of Wisdom/ Punam/ Uncommon Heroes: Ann Cotton
Call Number: IWFC_no 36
by: Bari Pearlman; Lucian Muntean; Carl Byker; Ironweed Film Club.; BTG Productions.; Seventh Art Releasing (Firm); Skoll Foundation.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [San Francisco] : Ironweed Film Club, ©2008.
Notes: Issue: November 2008 (102 mins.); Contains 1 Feature Film, 2 Shorts and DVD Extras.
Summary: Three films look at how young women born in poverty have found hope through education. Daughters of wisdom looks at the nuns of Kala Rongo Monastery in Tibet, who have an opportunity to cultivate intellectual and spiritual lives traditionally reserved for men and who are quietly contributing to the empowerment of women in Tibetan Buddhist culture. Punam documents the life and aspirations of nine-year-old Punam Tamang, who lives in Bhaktapur, Nepal. She cares for her younger siblings while their father works very long hours to earn school fees for them. Punam realizes the value of education and looks forward to becoming a teacher so she can help other children, as well as break the cycle of poverty in her own family. Uncommon heroes : Ann Cotton introduces the founder of the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) which now helps to educate over 400,000 girls in Africa, where girls’ education is often desired but impossible because of poverty.
Summary: Three films look at how young women born in poverty have found hope through education. Daughters of wisdom looks at the nuns of Kala Rongo Monastery in Tibet, who have an opportunity to cultivate intellectual and spiritual lives traditionally reserved for men and who are quietly contributing to the empowerment of women in Tibetan Buddhist culture. Punam documents the life and aspirations of nine-year-old Punam Tamang, who lives in Bhaktapur, Nepal. She cares for her younger siblings while their father works very long hours to earn school fees for them. Punam realizes the value of education and looks forward to becoming a teacher so she can help other children, as well as break the cycle of poverty in her own family. Uncommon heroes : Ann Cotton introduces the founder of the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) which now helps to educate over 400,000 girls in Africa, where girls’ education is often desired but impossible because of poverty.
OCLC #: 276307963
Added: March 1, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
