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China slams Dalai Lama Renaissance

The Dalai Lama during filming of the film

LOS ANGELES, USA, 29 July 2009 — The People's Daily, a daily newspaper and media arm of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, criticised Dalai Lama Renaissance in an article in its online edition.

The article, posted 14 July in the People's Daily Online entitled "Western movies build grand and perfect image of Dalai Lama," argues that "in recent years, a wave of 'Dalai Lama fever' has appeared in the Western movie industry" more

Grim tales describing hard times in Tibet

Ngawang Sangdrol

NEW YORK, USA, 12 September 2008 — "Tibet: Beyond Fear," on Saturday on the satellite channel Link TV, is advocacy filmmaking at its most brazen: it ends with a direct appeal from the Dalai Lama for the free-Tibet cause. But it has an emotional pull rather than a manipulative feel, thanks to the two personal stories at its center and the people who tell them. They are a Tibetan Buddhist nun named Ngawang Sangdrol and a monk named Bagdro, more

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Free Spirit Film Festival 2009

The 5th Annual Free Spirit Film Festival 2009
10 to 12 December 2009
Dharamshala, India

The Schedule

Thursday, 10 December

Friday, 11 December

  • shining spirit
    Directed by Karen McDiarmid
    Tibet/India/Canada 2009 | Documentary | 34 mins | Colour | English
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Saturday, 12 December

Film Festival 2009

Dates

10 to 12 December

Venue

Lobsang's Studio
Jogiwara Road, Mcleod Ganj, India

Two films screened every night from 6 p.m.

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