Call of the Snow Lion – Vignettes of Tibetans in Exile
Video Documentary - Length: 8 episodes - Quality: HD
Starting on Nov 17th this year Tibet Foundation UK will launch an eight-part documentary series: ‘Call of the Snow Lion’ presenting vignettes of Tibetans in Exile. (Technical difficulties in India has caused the delay.)
Starting November 17th 2010
Phuntsog and Gilles are shooting 8 episodes in High Definition for a month across India, and each episode will be broadcast every 4th or 5th day of filming on YouTube on behalf of Tibet Foundation, a NGO based in London.
The last episode to be filmed at the beginning of December will include an audience with HH the Dalai Lama.
If you are interested in this documentary and would like to support Tibet Foundation's charitable projects for the health, education and poverty relief of Tibetans both inside and outside Tibet, kindly get in touch with us.
Phuntsog Wangyal (Founding Trustee)
Tibet Foundation http://www.tibet-foundation.org/ Mobile: +44 (0)7714 287 799
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Call of The Snow Lion
A documentary series revealing the history of the unsettled Tibetan diaspora
In 1949, the Chinese People's Liberation Army marched into the Kham region of eastern Tibet creating unprecedented upheaval which in 1959, resulted in thousands of Tibetans moving into exile in India, Nepal and beyond.
Sixty years later in 2010, we look back into the reality of the history of this unsettled diaspora, along with Tibetan expectations, hopes and visions for the future.
From November 13th, 2010 we will take you on a journey across India with a chosen witness of past and present events – someone who was born in Tibet, lived as a monk, freedom fighter, diplomat, The Dalai Lama's representative and a member of the Tibetan parliament before founding a unique charity that has successfully been working for the past 25 years both inside Tibet and in exile.
Beyond what we hear and what we are told, we will look into the daily life of individuals -- young and old, monks and nuns, students and teachers, artists and musicians, ordinary people and officials, and many others including professionals writers and filmmakers.
We will try to catch a glimpse of this thrilling community and uncover the complexity between Tantric Buddhism and modern life, theocracy and democracy, and resignation and determination.
On every 4th or 5th day of the journey, we will broadcast in HD on the Internet the footage of what we have seen and invite you to witness our experience and to interact, question and share your thoughts with us. The 8th story will be the end of our journey culminating in an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Visit Tibet Foundation's YouTube channel and watch the series of eight broadcasts of this extraordinary journey in the life of the Tibetan Diaspora.
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