Loving Karma (2026)

Name: Loving Karma (2026)
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-08-06
Duration: 1 h 25 min

<section class="content--intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 40px 0px 20px;"><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">DISCUSSION W/ SPECIAL GUESTS TO FOLLOW FILM (See below)<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Loving Karma is the long-awaited follow-up to the Emmy Award–winning documentary Tashi and the Monk. Set in the remote Himalayan foothills of Arunachal Pradesh, India, the film revisits the original story and expands upon the remarkable 12-year journey of Tashi—a spirited young girl once among the most troubled children at Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s Community. Shaped by love, loss, and the radical compassion of her teacher, Lobsang Phuntsok, a former Buddhist monk turned community-builder, Tashi’s story evolves from one of despair into a universal portrait of resilience and transformation, asking how we can carry the karma of our past and, through compassion, create something new. <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">More than a coming-of-age story, Loving Karma opens a window into Jhamtse Gatsal (“Garden of Love and Compassion”), where over 125 children are nurtured not only with food and education but with belonging, unconditional love, and the tools to heal generational trauma. As Tashi’s journey unfolds, so too does a larger truth: when we choose compassion, we not only change one life—we plant seeds of healing that ripple across families, communities, and the world. <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Andrew Hinton is an Emmy-winning filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon working across the Pacific Northwest, California and beyond. His film Tashi and the Monk debuted the film at Mountainfilm in Telluride where it picked up two awards, got noticed by HBO who jumped on board, and set the course for a remarkable worldwide journey which culminated in 27 awards including an Emmy. Loving Karma is its follow-up.<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">Dr. Frank James is active in teaching, research and medical practice whose interests focus on health promotion and disease prevention. Currently the Health Officer for the Lummi Nation and for the Nooksack Indian Tribe, Frank has also been active internationally in China, India (particularly with the Tibetan community in Dharamsala, Ladakh and the Tawang region), Nepal, Taiwan and East Timor. Dr. James first went to Jhamtse Gatsal Childrn’es Community in 2009 and has been going back ever since.<div> </div></section>DocumentaryPT1H25M2026-08-06

Johnny Burke

Andrew Hinton

Loving Karma (2026)"Loving Karma (2026)"

Showtimes

August 6, 5:45 pm