Dreaming Lhasa
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| Directed by | Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam |
| Produced by | Ritu Sarin |
| Written by | Tenzing Sonam |
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Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso Jampa Kalsang Tenzin Jigme Phuntsok Namgyal Dumkhang Tsering Topgyal Phurpatsang Tenzin Wangdrak |
| Music by | Andy Spence |
| Cinematography | Ranjan Palit |
| Edited by | Paul Dosaj |
| Distributed by | First Run Features |
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90 minutes |
| Country |
India United Kingdom |
| Language | Tibetan/English |
Dreaming Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་སའི་མི་ལམ།, Wylie: lha-sa'i mi-lam) is a Tibetan-language film by veteran documentary filmmakers, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, who have been making films about various aspects of Tibet under the banner of White Crane Films since 1990. Written by Tenzing, a first-generation Tibetan born and brought up in exile, Dreaming Lhasa is perhaps, the first Tibetan feature film to explore the state of exile and the issues of identity, culture and politics as they affect the Tibetan refugee community in India.
Karma, a young Tibetan woman from New York City comes to Dharamsala, the exile headquarters of the Dalai Lama in India, in search of her roots. She is making a documentary film about former political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. One of her interviewees is the recently arrived Dhondup. He reveals to her that his dying mother had made him promise to deliver an old charm box to an exile Tibetan named Loga, and appeals to her for help in locating the man.
Their enquiries reveal that Loga, a former CIA-trained resistance fighter, has been missing for the past fifteen years and is presumed to be dead. But is he really dead? As they set out to unravel the mysterious circumstances of his disappearance, Karma finds herself unwittingly attracted to Dhondup even as she is sucked into the vortex of his search, which takes them through the world of the exile Tibetan community in India and becomes a journey of self-discovery.
The film had its world premiere at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and has screened in over 30 film festivals worldwide, including the 2005 San Sebastian International Film Festival. Its US distributors, First Run Features, opened the film in New York, at the ImaginAsian Theatre, on 13 April 2007. The film had a limited theatrical release in the US, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The DVD was released in the US by First Run Features on 18 September 2007, and worldwide soon afterwards by White Crane Films.
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