Blue Sky Kingdom

Awarm and unforgettable portraitofa family letting gooftheknown world to encounter an unfamiliar one filled withrich possibilities and new understandings. Bruce Kirkby hadfallen into a pattern of looking mindlessly at his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social media, ignoring his children and wife and everything alive in his world, when a thought struck him. This wasn't living;thiswasn't him. This moment of clarity started a chain reaction which ended with a grand plan: he was going to take his wife and two young sons, jump on a freighter and head for the Himalaya. InBlue Sky Kingdom,we follow Bruce and hisfamily's remarkable three months journey, where they would end up living amongst the Lamas of Zanskar Valley,a forgotten appendage of the ancient Tibetan empire, and one of the last places on earth where Himalayan Buddhism is still practiced freely in its original setting. Richly evocative,Blue Sky Kingdomexplores the themes of modern distraction and theloss of ancient wisdom coupled withBrucecoming to terms with his elder son's diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum. Despite the natural wonders all around them at times, Bruce's experience will strike a chord with any parent-from rushing to catch atrain with the whole family to the wonderment and beauty that comes withexperience the world anew with your children.