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Dreaming Lhasa
Dreaming Lhasa
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DREAMING LHASA

Directed by Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam
United Kingdom, India, 2006
Drama, Adventure, Mystery

Synopsis

Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, journeys to the Dalai Lama’s exile headquarters in northern India to make a documentary about political prisoners.

Synopsis

Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, journeys to the Dalai Lama’s exile headquarters in northern India to make a documentary about political prisoners.

Our take

Exploring the formal possibilities of documentary filmmaking through a fascinating blend of interview, investigative journalism and scripted drama, Dreaming Lhasa travels to Dharamsala to examine the plight of Tibetan refugees—including the monks once recruited for intelligence work by the CIA.