A Song for Tibet

A Song for Tibet
Directed by Anne Henderson
Produced by Anne Henderson
Ali Kazimi
Kent Martin
Colin Neale
Abby Jack Neidik
Written by Erna Buffie
Anne Henderson
Music by Neil Smolar
Cinematography Ali Kazimi
Pierre Landry
Lynda Pelley
Edited by Anne Henderson
Release dates
1991
Running time
57 minutes
Country Canada Canada
Language English

A Song for Tibet is a 1991 Canadian short documentary film about efforts of Tibetans in exile, led by the Dalai Lama, to free their homeland and preserve their heritage. Directed by Anne Henderson, A Song for Tibet received the Award for Best Short Documentary at the 13th Genie Awards as well as the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival.[1] The film was co-produced by Arcady Films, DLI Productions and the National Film Board of Canada.[2] Ali Kazimi was director of photography.[3][4]

The film focuses on two Tibetans in exile in Canada: Thubten Samdup, who escaped from Tibet after the 1959 uprising against the Chinese, who teaches traditional performing arts in Montreal and heads the Canada-Tibet Committee; and Dicki Chhoyang, born in a refugee camp in India, who knows Tibet only through stories recounted by her parents. The film follows Dicki and Samdup from Montreal to Dharamshala, India and also documents the Dalai Lama's first public appearance in Canada.[2]

References

  1. "PBS telecourse curriculum highlights The Directors". Playback. 18 February 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 Gagne, MaryLynn (May 1993). "A SONG FOR TIBET". Canadian Materials (Manitoba Library Association) 21 (3).
  3. "Internationally acclaimed film to be screened in city". Hindustan Times. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  4. "A Song for Tibet". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

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