A Woman’s Land (2021)

Short Documentary Film, Directed by Charles Zhang and Alina Peng

Logline

Karma, a Bhutanese farmer, has not seen a successful harvest in 10 years due to climate-induced water scarcity. As men have migrated to urban centers, she and the women in her village must tend to both fields and family, and work together to overcome the water crisis plaguing their land.

Crew

Directors: Charles Zhang, Alina Peng
Director of Photography: Charles Zhang, Alina Peng
Editor: Alina Peng
Sound: Tim Dolbear
Translators: Lobzang Penjor, Guru Khadal, Bhagat Suberi, Binoth Mongar, Hem Subba, Sheto Ghalley, Lungthen Ring, Thinley Woeser, Sonam Deki, Thinley Dema

Produced by: Charles Zhang, Alina Peng, Lobzang Penjor, Bhagat Suberi

Presented by: Center for Asian American Media

With support from: National Geographic Society

Film Festivals

• Sidewalk Film Festival 2021

• Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2021