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03425agm a2200613Ia 4500 001 D68F985807F711E499730F88DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140710010103 007 vd cvaizs 008 081124s2008 cau106 vleng d 024 10 $a 782410093697 035 $a (OCoLC)276307963 040 $a ISM $b eng $c ISM $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d SILO 043 $a a-np--- $a a-np--- 245 00 $a Daughters of wisdom $h [videorecording] ; $b Punam ; Uncommon heroes : Ann Cotton. 260 $a [San Francisco] : $b Ironweed Film Club, $c c2008. 300 $a 1 videodisc (106 min.) : $b sd., col. ; $c 4 3/4 in. 490 1 $a Ironweed film club ; $v no. 36. 505 0 $a Introduction (3 min.) -- Daughters of wisdom (2007 : 68 min.) -- Punam (2006 : 27 min.) -- Uncommon heroes : Ann Cotton (2006 : 8 min.) 500 $a Documentaries. 500 $a Uncommon heroes : Ann Cotton is a segment from the short film, Uncommon heroes : common good. 500 $a "November 2008." 540 $a UNI: Copyright restrictions apply. For home and classroom use only. 508 $a Directors, Bari Pearlman (Daughters of Wisdom), Lucian Muntean (Punam), Carl Byker (Uncommon heroes) 538 $a DVD, region 1, NTSC, 4:3 aspect ratio, stereo sound. 520 $a Three films look at how young women born in poverty have found hope through education. Daughters of wisdom looks at the nuns of Kala Rongo Monastery in Tibet, who have an opportunity to cultivate intellectual and spiritual lives traditionally reserved for men and who are quietly contributing to the empowerment of women in Tibetan Buddhist culture. Punam documents the life and aspirations of nine-year-old Punam Tamang, who lives in Bhaktapur, Nepal. She cares for her younger siblings while their father works very long hours to earn school fees for them. Punam realizes the value of education and looks forward to becoming a teacher so she can help other children, as well as break the cycle of poverty in her own family. Uncommon heroes : Ann Cotton introduces the founder of the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) which now helps to educate over 400,000 girls in Africa, where girls' education is often desired but impossible because of poverty. 600 10 $a Cotton, Ann. 600 10 $a Tamang, Punam. 610 20 $a Kala Rongo Monastery (Tibet, China) 610 20 $a Campaign for Female Education. 650 0 $a Buddhist nuns $z Tibet Autonomous Region. $z Tibet Autonomous Region. 650 0 $a Women's rights $z Tibet Autonomous Region. $z Tibet Autonomous Region. 650 0 $a Poor children $z Bhaktapur. $z Bhaktapur. 650 0 $a Poor families $z Bhaktapur. $z Bhaktapur. 650 0 $a Poor children $x Education $z Bhaktapur. $z Bhaktapur. 655 7 $a Documentary films. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Short films. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Biographical films. $2 lcgft. 655 0 $a DVD-Video discs. 700 1 $a Pearlman, Bari. 700 1 $a Muntean, Lucian. 700 1 $a Byker, Carl. 710 2 $a Ironweed Film Club. 710 2 $a BTG Productions. 710 2 $a Seventh Art Releasing (Firm) 710 2 $a Skoll Foundation. 730 0 $a Uncommon heroes : common good. 740 02 $a Punam. 740 02 $a Uncommon heroes : Ann Cotton. 830 0 $a Ironweed film club ; $v no. 36. 941 $a 1 945 $a dvv 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20140710013735.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D68F985807F711E499730F88DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search