Screening of ‘The Silent Holy Stones’ scheduled

A free screening of the film “The Silent Holy Stones” is scheduled for noon, Friday, Sept. 28, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

Prior to the screening, the film director’s Wanmacaidan will give a brief lecture, starting at 10:30 a.m., and a complimentary light lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. A question-and-answer session will follow the screening. The film is presented in Tibetan with English and Chinese subtitles.

Filmed on location in a village in the Amdo region, the “The Silent Holy Stones” follows a young lama assigned for Tibetan New Year to attend to the seven-year-old Living Buddha (tulku) of a mountain monastery. The young lamas try to balance their strict training with explorations of the outside world through the novelty of television, and make some surprising choices.

“The Silent Holy Stones” has the immediacy of a documentary, delivered as a compelling and intimate insider’s view of everyday life in the director’s home town.

The Confucius Institute at UNC Charlotte is sponsoring this event.