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- ↑ Clarence Tsui, "Chinese filmmaker tells story of child monks in Nepal – they fight, swear and are addicted to cellphones". South China Morning Post , July 19, 2018.
- 1 2 3 Lakshmi Gandhi, "Yuqi Kang’s A Little Wisdom to Make U.S. Debut at South by Southwest Film Festival". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review , January 31, 2018.
- 1 2 Marc Glassman, "More than a Little Wisdom". Point of View , April 26, 2018.
- ↑ Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2018: A Little Wisdom, Transformer among award winners". Now , May 5, 2018.
- ↑ Jordan Pinto, "McGlynn, de Pencier in the running for DGC’s feature film prize". Playback , September 20, 2018.
- ↑ Dino-Ray Ramos, "DOC NYC: ‘A Little Wisdom’, ‘Barbara Rubin & The Exploding NY Underground’ Among Winners". Deadline Hollywood , November 13, 2018.
