Deep in the confines of the for-
ests of Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongsang-buk-do, a group of women known as
bhikkhuni live their lives away from
the secular world. The word Bhikkhuni refers to Buddhist female monks
and Baekheungam temple devoted
to female monks.

On The Road, formerly known
as Bhikkhuni — Buddhist Nuns is a
documentary that follows the lives
of 4 women who have decided to
become monks. Each of them has
their own reason for joining and for
300 days the cameras follow them
around as their lives transform and take shape in one of the most restricted access areas of Korea. The
Baekheungam temple rarely opens its
doors to public access and especially
not the type of access these cameras
were given.