Crows are White

Opens Wednesday, August 26, 2026

For over a thousand years, a secretive Buddhist sect has lived atop Mount Hiei in Japan, where monks perform punishing rituals in pursuit of enlightenment.

A filmmaker arrives, hoping to capture their hidden world. Instead, he’s rejected. With his access suddenly revoked, he turns to the only monk willing to speak with him: a low-ranking misfit who prefers Slayer and ice cream to meditation.

When the two men form an unlikely friendship, the filmmaker is pushed to confront a secret he’s kept for nearly a decade. CROWS ARE WHITE is a darkly funny, deeply human story about faith, truth, and the contradictions we all carry.

• Country USA
• Language English, Japanese & Urdu with English subtitles
• Running Time 99 minutes
• Format DCP
• Director Ahsen Nadeem
• Producer Ari Aster (Executive Producer)
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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