A Little Wisdom

A Little Wisdom
Directed byYuqi Kang
Produced byMaro Chermayeff
Sean Farnel
Yuqi Kang
CinematographyAmitabh Joshi
Yuqi Kang
Paola Ochoa
Edited byYuqi Kang
Music byDrukmo Gyal Dakimi
Martin Zaulich
Production
company
Blue Goat Films
Distributed byJourneyman Pictures
Release date
  • October 14, 2017 (2017-10-14) (Busan)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageNepali

A Little Wisdom is a 2017 Canadian documentary film, directed by Yuqi Kang.[1] The film depicts a group of young boys at a Buddhist monastery school in Lumbini, Nepal,[2] centring in particular on Hopakuli, a four-year-old boy who was left at the monastery with his brother Chorten by their impoverished single mother following their father's death.[3]

The film premiered in 2017 at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival.[2] It had its American premiere at SXSW,[2] and its Canadian premiere at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3]

  1. ^ Clarence Tsui, "Chinese filmmaker tells story of child monks in Nepal – they fight, swear and are addicted to cellphones". South China Morning Post, July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Lakshmi Gandhi, "Yuqi Kang’s A Little Wisdom to Make U.S. Debut at South by Southwest Film Festival". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, January 31, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Marc Glassman, "More than a Little Wisdom". Point of View, April 26, 2018.