THE BLACKSMITH 

 

director and scriptwriter 

Guka Omarova 

producers 

Sergei Bodrov, Munkozhap Badmaev

production

Documentary, 61 min, USA, 2019

language English

 

synopsis

 

Written and directed by Gulshad Omarova (Schizo, Native Dancer) and produced by Oscar nominated Russian filmmaker, Sergei Bodrov (Mongol), BLACKSMITH tells the remarkable, magical and inspiring story of a Buryat Buddhist boy stricken with illness, who is healed by a local shaman and grows into a wildly talented and successful artist.  Dashi Namdakov, the ancestor of the Darkhan, blacksmith and healer.