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A Song for Tibet

Original title: Le tibet: chant d'exil
Year: 1991
Running time: 57 min.
Country: Canada
Director: Anne Henderson
Screenwriter: Anne Henderson, Erna Buffie
Cast: Documentary
Music: Neil Smolar
Cinematography: Ali Kazimi, Pierre Landry, Lynda Pelley
Producer: Arcady Films, DLI Productions, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Genre: Documentary | Half-length Film
Synopsis: 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.

Awards: 1992: Genie Awards (Canada): Best Short Documentary.

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A Song for Tibet

1991

Anne Henderson