Art in Exile: dirs: Nidhi Tuli, Ashraf Abbas I India I 2006 I 27 mins I Tibetan/English/Hindi with English subtitles Exploring the role of art in the creation and preservation of cultural identity for exiled Tibetans, from prolific activist poet Tenzin Tsundue to offbeat rock band JJI Brothers to the Norbulingka institute and the Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts in Dharamsala, this film offe...
dirs: Paul Wagner/Thupten Tsering I US I 1998 I 97 mins I Tibetan/English/Mandarin with English subtitles Set in Lhasa at the time of the last uprising in Tibet in the late 1980s, Windhorse draws us into the lives of three young Tibetans as they struggle to make sense of their lives under occupation - Dadon, a singer with a Chinese boyfriend on the verge of stardom, her brother Dorjee who gambles...
dir: Tom Peosay I US I 2002 I 104 mins Ten years in the making, Cry of the Snow Lion takes us through rarely-seen rituals in remote monasteries, from the brothels and slums of Lhasa, to spectacular Himalayan peaks. The Dalai Lama’s struggle for freedom for his people is explored, whilst looking deeper at the Buddhist spiritual beliefs that continue to inspire hope. Secrets from Tibet’s recent...