"Murder in the Snow" unites Tibetans and inspires global awareness
source: http://article.wn.com/view/2009/03/04/Tibet_Murder_in_the_Snow_unites_Tibetans_and_inspires_...
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Bren589
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that is just horrific , where is the justice in this world
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csmonut
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So damn frickin' sad....there is no justification for this.
- 3 years ago
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JanforGore
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For some reason I cannot edit the original post.
From the article:
Dharamsala, 4-March-09. Saturday night in McLeod Ganj saw the Main Tibetan Temple illuminated by more than 1,500 candles as Tibetans and foreigners alike gathered for the premier of Australian director, Mark Gould’s documentary, “Tibet: Murder in the Snow”. All contentedly endured the sound malfunctions until, at long last, the film could be shown in full.
The documentary is a combination of reenactments, interviews, and personal footage telling the harrowing true story of a group of Tibetans fleeing their homeland through the Himalayas, the murder of a nun in the group, Kelsang Namtso, by Chinese troops along the way, and the group of mountaineers who witnessed and videotaped the event. With the murder of Kelsang Namsto, the lives of the other refugees in her group, and the mountaineers who witnessed her untimely and cruel death were profoundly changed.
The beauty of the film does not merely lie in the exposure of this story, but in the range of experiences, opinions, and emotions that Gould captures, making an insightful and moving commentary on the Tibetan struggle as a whole. “Everyone had a different response.” Gould said. Pairing the experience of Tibetans escaping Tibet with the experience of Westerners observing the ordeal puts the plight of the Tibetan people into perspective. The grief and suffering of the Tibetan people is not a burden that they should bear alone – it is a burden that belongs to the global community as well.
Many events were culminating on the night of the premier – the end of the Tibetan New Year (Losar), the beginning of March, a month that will see both the 50th anniversary of His Holiness’ flee into exile, and the one year anniversary of the deadly Chinese crackdown in Tibet. Also, in a rather haunting coincidence, on the day before the premier a monk in Tibet self-immolated when the Chinese government did not permit Tibetans to observe the traditional religious rites of the third day of the Tibetan New Year. Chinese authorities put out the flames and proceeded to shoot the monk, and take him into custody. His whereabouts are still unknown.
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