Related Films | Week 4
Check out these related films available in the Reed film and video library!
Kundun 135 min, 1998
Feature film directed by Martin Scorsese. In a remote area of Tibet a two-year-old child is identified as the Dalai Lama. The story follows him into adulthood where he tries to rule his nation at one of the most challenging times in its history.
Tashi Jong : a traditional Tibetan community in exile, 45 min, c1998
This award-winning documentary chronicles the life of one of the first Tibetan refugee communities established in India by the renowed spiritual teacher, the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche after the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Interweaves everyday activities of laypeople and monks with intricate rituals and ceremonies of monastic life.
Dalai Lama: a portrait in the first person, 24 min, c1994, p1990
An interview with the current Dalai Lama, Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, originally broadcast on Canadian television in 1990. The Dalai Lama, winner of the 1989 Noble Peace Prize, talks about his religious and social beliefs, including such topics as nonviolence and Tibet.
Home to Tibet, 76 min., 1995
Focuses on the dangerous journey of Sonam Lama from his exiled residence in Massachusetts to Tibet, a place he has not seen in twelve years. Includes his meeting with the Dalai Lama, visits with friends exiled in India, and his reunion with his sister and others from his home village.
Seeds of Tibet: voices of children in exile, 27 min., 1997.
Children at the Tibetan Homes School, a Tibetan refuge school in Mussorie, northern India, tell the stories of their departure from Tibet. Also reflects on current political and social conditions in Tibet and how schools such as theirs help to preserve Tibetan culture.
