Tuesday, March 16th, 2010


Production Credits
Tantric Yogi
Director : Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang
Release Date : 2005
Genre : documentary
Runtime : 50 min
Country : China
Filming Location : Tibet, China
Language : Tibetan with English subtitles

Synopsis

Tantric Yogi

Tantric Yogi follows a Yogi and his fellow villagers as they travel through challenging territory to reach a rare gathering of thousands of lay tantric practitioners in Eastern Tibet. Narrated by Jim Broadbent.


Biography

Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang

Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang (A.K.A. Jangbu) is considered by many Tibet's greatest living poet. Born in Qinghai province (People's Republic of China), he worked for many years as editor of the Tibetan language literary journal Bod kyi rtsom rig sgyu rtsal [Tibetan art and literature] in Lhasa. In recent years he has been a Visiting Professor of Tibetan Language at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) in Paris. He has directed the documentaries Tantric Yogui, co-produced with Stampede, and Ani Lacham: A Tibetan Nun, a co-production of Workshop Now and Purplelito. He has recently co-written the script of Sherwood Hu's acclaimed movie Prince of the Himalayas (2006). He is currently working on a series of documentaries that reflect on social and cultural issues in modern Tibet. The first English translation of his poems and short stories, an anthology of his works titled The Nine-Eyed Agathe, will be soon published in the United States.