Filmmaker Tenzing Sonam's portrait of Tibetans in India, codirected with his wife, Ritu Sarin, draws on his own family's experiences to tell the story of an American-born documentarian of Tibetan descent who comes to Dharamsala — the seat of the Dalai Lama's Tibetan government — to make a film and becomes entangled in a real-life mystery.
New York-based filmmaker Karma (Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso) intends to make a documentary about survivors of the Tibetan resistance movement who overcame brutal imprisonment by the Chinese government. She hires a local man, Jigme (Tenzin Jigme), as an assistant and has begun conducting interviews when she meets the midd...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins