Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution

57m
Documentary
6

In 1959 thousands of unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent Chinese occupation of their country. For the first time on film, three generations of Tibetan women and His Holiness the Dalai Lama recount one of the great movements of nonviolent resistance in modern history.

Cast

Jetsun Pema
Unknown
Tenzin Gyatso
Unknown

Crew

Rosemary Rawcliffe
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Miriam Telles
Writer, Editor
Catherine Lynn Butler
Writer
Peter McCandless
Director of Photography
Paul James Zahnley
Sound Mixer

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