Women Make Film: The Cave Of The Yellow Dog, Jacqueline Stewart, Mira Nair

The Cave Of The Yellow Dog (2005) — (Movie Clip) Open, Everybody Dies

Opening the acclaimed second feature by the Mongolian-born, German-trained director Byambasuren Davaa, with the last bit of the opening credits and the introduction at a distance of her two principals, Mongolian nomad non-actors, daughter Nansal Batchuluun and father Batchuluun Urjindorj, from The Cave Of The Yellow Dog, 2005.

The Cave Of The Yellow Dog (2005) — (Movie Clip) Almost Fell And Died

Home from boarding school in the city and much matured, Nansal (native Mongolian non-actor Nansal Batchuluun using her real name) has been given a big new responsibility, collecting manure, while her father (Batchuluun Urjindorj, himself a legit Mongolian shepherd) visits with neighboring hunters, in Mongolian filmmaker Byambasuren Davaa’s The Cave Of The Yellow Dog, 2005.

Byambasuren Davaa, Director Of The Week, Women Make Film

TCM’s original profile of Byambasuren Davaa, Director Of The Week in TCM’s Women Make Film series, and director of The Cave Of The Yellow Dog, 2005.