Summer Pasture

In the high grasslands of Tibet... change is coming.

Summer Pasture is a feature-length documentary about a young nomadic couple living with their infant daughter in the pastures of eastern Tibet. With unique access to an area seldom visited by outsiders, Summer Pasture offers an rare window into a highly insular community and a sensitive portrait of a family at a time of great transition. Locho and his wife Yama live in Dzachukha, eastern Tibet nicknamed 5-most by the Chinese for being the highest, coldest, poorest, largest, and most remote area in Sichuan Province, China. They depend on their herd of yaks for survival, just as their ancestors have for generations. In recent years however, Dzachukha has undergone rapid development, which poses unprecedented challenges to nomadic life.

Summer Pasture evolves as an intimate exploration of Locho and Yama's personalities, relationship, and the complicated web of circumstances that surrounds them. Over its course we witness their travails with illness, infidelity, and the dissolution of their community. In the face of mounting obstacles, Locho and Yama gradually reveal the personal sacrifice they will make to ensure their daughter's future. Through its subtle observation of Locho and Yama's character, Summer Pasture provides a deeply personal account of what it means to be a nomad in a swiftly modernizing world, and a universal story of family survival.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Tibet
• nomad
• nomadic
• Buddhism
• Buddhist
• women
• family
• documentary
• Sundance

[yeshik1]

watched the movie today and think it has been beautifully made. Kudos to the director and the entire crew . Your hardwork positvely projects in this documentary. Very genuine ...keep up

[KhamFilmProject]

@yeshik1 Thanks for coming out to support the film and sharing your thoughts. We're honored that so many people in New York have had a chance to see it and have responded so positively. We appreciate your support!

[Hustonal]

It definitely provides insight to a culture so different from Western lifestyle. There's a new documentary "My Reincarnation" that follows a young Italian man who does not fully accept his title as a Tibetan reincarnated spiritual leader or the obligations that come along with it. Viewers can relate to his difficulty to accept and understand the foreign traditions of Tibetan Buddhists and reincarnation. The trailer is as inspirational as the doc. itself :) bit . ly/s5zUze

[boodistGeek]

i saw this beautiful film yesterday and highly recommend it

[tashidelekeverybody]

much respect to the woman. Beautifully made.

[tnzn05]

An excellent movie regarding Tibetan nomadic way of life. loved the characters and their story. This movie is not only entertaining but could be categorized as a beautiful attempt to both display and at the same time preserve Tibetans unique traditions.Movie will be cherished by variety of audiences for a very long time.

Thank u. Looking forward to more movies! Gl

[ikhamo]

beautiful. 

[jrak]

awesome