FILM

DOCUTAH Presents

Saffron Robe

Friday, May 7, 2027 // 7:30p

part of First Fridays at Kayenta

Saffron Robe is a feature documentary that follows a revered Buddhist abbot in the remote northern region of Laos as he navigates the challenges of a sacred life under a communist regime. An ambitious spiritual leader, Abbot Onekeo Sittivong defied convention by establishing a new school for his country’s poor and undereducated children. But something else is happening at this school in a misty forest. The abbot and his fellow saffron-robed monks and young novices are working tirelessly to revitalize ancient Lao Theravada Buddhist practices and education almost lost to history.

Presented as part of Kayenta’s First Fridays and DOCUTAH’s Best of Fest film series.