“The Silent Holy Stones” Tibetan Film Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker

From the venue:

<br>Agnes Scott College’s Department of History is hosting a film screening of Tibetan film director Pema Tseden’s “The Silent Holy Stones.” In the film, a 10-year-old Buddhist novice nicknamed Little Lama returns home from the remote Guwa monastery for the New Year celebration. After a long journey on horseback over icy steppes, he finds himself drawn to a popular Chinese television series “Journey to the West” and begs his father to bring the television set to the monastery. At the screening, Tseden will also premiere a segment of his new documentary “My Little Monk,” focusing on Little Lama’s personal journey from monkhood to a layperson’s life. A Q&A with Tseden will follow the screening. The screening is being held in the Frances Bailey Graves Auditorium in Agnes Scott’s Campbell Hall. Tickets are free and required for entrance. The event is sponsored by the James T. and Ella Rather Kirk Fund.