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2021 Asian & Asian American Showcase

The 3 Day Nun 
Duration: 6:54

Directed by Lava Buckley 

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Synopsis
This is a video about Lava's journey as a Novice Nun for 3 Days at Wat Phaputthothiyan in Ubon Ratchathani with her mother and auntie. Lava's family wanted her to follow the tradition of their family being a nun (or monk) in a forest temple in Thailand. Lava was on a healing journey but ended up with a life changing experience being among their Thai tradition of a giving community. 

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Lava Buckley 

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Lava Buckley is a filmmaker based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She works as a Production Coordinator for studio productions, but during her free time she directs stories she has written. Although Lava did not have traditional film schooling, she learned about film making while working on sets. Lava was fortunate enough to have a vast career working on studio productions to gain insight how film projects are made. The handful of short films she has completed were done on a shoestring to continue learning how to make films with what resources that she had available. Regardless of not having the best production assets, Lava participated in the 72 Hour Shootout with the Asian American Film Lab. In 2016, she created a short film, “Call Me Mary”, that won Top Ten and Most Original Use of Theme. Her second film at the 72 Hour Shootout, “Same Same”, won Most Original Use of Theme in 2019. Lava’s drive to make films regardless of resources encouraged her to embrace what she could create with herself and her cat. That film, “Rescue”, went into multiple festivals and won awards. It even went on a nationwide tour to help raise funds for shelter cats. 

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An Interview with Lava Buckley

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  • About / Contact
  • Sponsors / Donors
  • 2021 Program
    • 2021 Short Film Showcase >
      • Duo Pandemia
      • Mastery I & II
      • Ib Tsug 13 Hnub
      • Mechamorphosis
      • The 3 Day Nun
      • The Loyal Betrayal
      • Voices
    • 2021 Student Showcase >
      • Check Box: Other
      • I Put the Bi in Bitter >
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter S2
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter S1
      • Safe
  • Submit Your Film
  • Previous Programs
    • 2020 Program >
      • Digital Program Book
      • 2020 Creative Conversations >
        • 2/21 - Best Tasting Wild Foods of Colorado​
        • 2/22 - Health & Mental Health
        • 2/22 - Mushroom Foraging 101
      • 2020 Asian American Documentaries >
        • Palliative
        • Love Boat: Taiwan
      • 2020 Colorado Showcase >
        • The Rock Within
        • Ma
        • For Tashi
        • people (of water)
        • Not Pictured
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
      • Ang Larawan (The Portrait)
      • Asian American Artist Showcase
    • 2019 Program >
      • 2019 Film Shorts >
        • Runner
        • Tears of the Sky
        • I Put the Bi in Bitter
        • My Escape
      • 2019 CU Denver Showcase >
        • Three Worlds One Stage
        • Virtual Mandala
      • 2019 Festival Talkbacks >
        • Creative Leadership Talkback
        • CU Filmmaker Q&A
        • Film Industry Talkback
    • 2018 Program
    • 2017 Program >
      • Taipei Story
      • The Last Princess
      • Mid-Length Films Block
      • Ten Years
      • What's in the Darkness
      • Millennium Actress
      • The Future Perfect
      • Youth of the Beast
      • Being Good
      • Heart Attack
      • Bloody Dairy
      • Bruce Takes Dragon Town
      • Cowboy and Indian
      • Dancing Through Life: The Dorothy Toy Story
      • Ho Chi Minh Kim Chi
      • Mango Sticky Rice
      • Night-Fly
      • Sumo Road - The Musical
      • Threads - The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman
      • Twenty Years
    • 2016 Program >
      • Wolf Children
      • Uzumasa Limelight
      • Changing Season
      • Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
      • Awesome Asian Bad Guys
      • Off the Menu: Asian America
      • Winning Girl