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Tibet, le combat pour la liberté
(2009, 80 mins, HD)

a feature documentary by
Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam

Co-produced by:
Arch Communications, GmbH, Austria
Roland Films, USA
France 5 Television
BOS Holland

Camera
Graham Day
Jaimie Gramston
Tenzing Sonam
Stephen McCarthy
Dilip Varma
Tenzin Tsetan Choklay

Music
Gustavo Santaolalla (Oscar-winning composer of Brokeback Mountain and Babel)

Editor Anupama Chandra

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Tibet, le combat pour la liberté is a feature documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the abortive Lhasa Uprising of 10th March 1959, which sparked the Dalai Lama’s escape into exile and signalled the final takeover of Tibet by China.

It was broadcast as an 80-minute special on France 5 and on BOS Holland (under the title, The Dalai Lama: 50 Years After the Fall, in March 2009.

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