| Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution | |
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| Directed by | Rosemary Rawcliffe |
| Produced by | Rosemary Rawcliffe |
| Cinematography | Peter McCandless |
| Editing by | Miriam Telles |
| Release date(s) | Mill Valley Film Festival: 2007 |
| Running time | 57 min. |
| Country | USA |
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution is a documentary film directed and produced by Rosemary Rawcliffe. The film premiered at the 2007 Mill Valley Film Festival where it was awarded Official Selection[1] and had its television release on PBS on April 12, 2008.
The film won an Emmy for Historic/Cultural - Program/Special on May 16, 2009.[2]
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A Quiet Revolution is the second film in the Women of Tibet trilogy of one-hour documentaries exploring the Buddhist values at the heart of Tibetan culture — compassion, nonviolence and peace.[3] The film first tells the story of the 15,000 unarmed Tibetan women who assembled on March 12, 1959 speaking out for peace, justice, and freedom in an expression of non-violent resistance in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, which sparked an uprising against China’s occupation of Tibet.[4]
For the first time on film, three generations of Tibetan women and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama recount this story of survival and how these women have ultimately become architects and builders of the new Tibet in exile.[5]
Ama Adhe Tapontsang recounts 28 years spent in prison and the faith that allowed her to survive as she teaches new generations of young refugees. Dolma Tsering Teykhang describes sacrifices her parents made as exiles so that she might become first a teacher and then a member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile in Dharamsala, India, and Tseten Choeden Schneiter, born and raised in exile, ensures that her Tibetan birthright is passed on to her own children as she wrestles with a culture in transition.
After 50 years in exile, His Holiness the Dalai Lama pays tribute to these women and their ability to keep their cultural legacy intact for generations to come.