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CONTENT
Story Line
“More than fifty years have passed since the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, a Nobel laureate, was forced to flee his homeland. Yet Free Tibet remains a living struggle for his people.”
In 1950, the People’s Liberation Army invaded Tibet. Nine years later the Chinese occupation brutally suppressed the Tibetan people’s resistance movement, forcing the Dalai Lama to flee for his life to India. Over
100,000 of his people followed him across the treacherous Himalayas, and thousands of refugees every year are still risking their lives, as gross abuse of human rights and ecological devastation continue in Tibet unchecked. In fact, the Tibet issue has been in a deadlock: The Chinese government continues to refuse the dialogue with the Dalai Lama. The international communities including the United Nation
never seriously face China as the communist country is becoming a superpower politically and economically. On the other hand, over the border in Dharamsala, India, home of the Tibetan Government in Exile, a new Tibetan generation has been born into a foreign land. Nonetheless
their dedication to their homeland remains a daily reality with the passion of its elders who escaped from Tibet. The 40th anniversary of the Lhasa
uprising is marked by love and struggle as the refugees unite across the generations in their devotion to the rooftop of the world, Tibet…
TIBETAN REFUGEES: A Struggle Beyond Generations documents the cry for freedom of Tibet in exile.
Summary
* This documentary is composed of 4 chapters:
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
History of Tibet, including China’s invasion, annexation, and occupation of Tibet; and Tibetan refugee communities.
Chapter 2: THE YOUTHS’ STRUGGLE
Overview of activity of the Tibetan YouthCongress. Profiles of two young refugees born and raised in exile.
Last Chapter:
Actions, conclusions, and hopes of the Dalai Lama and other refugees working for a Free Tibet
Chapter 3: THE OLDER GENERATION’S EXPECTATION
Elders’ messages to younger generations of Tibetans about the Free Tibet struggle.
Characters
The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
The present Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born on July 6 1935 in the province of Amdo, northeast Tibet. When he was two years old he was recognized as the reincarnation of the late Thirteenth Dalai Lama, the location of the young child being just as predicted and his body marked in the traditional way. In 1939 he was brought to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, where he was enthroned in 1940….(more)
Kalsang Dorjee
Kalsang Dorjee, born in Bhutan, works for the Tibetan welfare office in Dharamshala,India. He is actively involved in the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), working for the liberation of Tibet. Kalsang organizes an activist peace march across India to mark the 40th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day.
Tenzin Lungtuk
Tenzin Lungtuk, born in India, is a promising young monk of the Dalai Lama’s Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala. He entered the monastery at the age of eleven. Tenzin devotes his life to the perpetuation of Tibetan Buddhism.
*Here are the main characters of this film:
Credits
PRODUCED BY Tensystem Inc. DIRECTOR: TANAKA Kunihiko
EDITOR: TANAKA Kunihiko PHOTOGRAPHY: TANAKA Kunihiko
NARRATOR: David Schaufele SCRIPT: TANAKA Kunihiko / Evan Heimlich /
Faith Bach MUSIC: TAKIMOTO Hiroko / TIPA SPECIAL ADVISER: Jurme Wangda / SASAKI Manabu PUBLIC RELATIONS: Himalaya Archive Japan
Running Time: 120 Minutes / Production Year: 2002
