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Director Paul Wagner along with his cast and crew posed as tourists with video cameras to shoot this film on location in Tibet, avoiding Chinese secret police and security cameras in the process. The film follows a number of story lines that depict the plight of Tibetans at the hand of Chinese aggressors. Cast includes Dadon, Jampa Kelsang, Richard Chang, Lu Yu and Taije Silverman. Many cast and crew have asked that their names be withheld to protect themselves and their families. In Tibetan and Chinese with English subtitles.
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ACMI Identifier
311326
Language
English
Audience classification
M (15+)
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tibet (China)
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Military occupation
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Persecution
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Persecution
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Buddhist monasteries - Tibet
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Buddhists - Persecutions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Persecution
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political persecution
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)