Tibet Film Archive | Preserving Tibet's Legacy on Film

Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
212.620.5000
www.rmanyc.org

Screening followed by Moderated Discussion
Wednesdays at 1pm , $10 / Free to RMA Members

TREASURES FROM THE TIBET FILM ARCHIVE:

August 13 - RELIGIOUS INVESTITURE OF HH DALAI LAMA
A Historic look at the Dalai Lama's rigorous oral examination for his Geshe Lharmpa degree. Filmed between 1958 and 1959 weeks prior to the Tibetan Uprising and subsequent flight of the Dalai Lama.

August 20 - EARLY GERMAN TRAVEL LOGUES 1920's (Three Silent Films)
Rare and unusual footage of dance, prayer, and chanting filmed by German documentarians filmed in the North East of Tibet in the 1920's. Includes Cham dances at the Kumbum monastery as well as pilgrims earning money for their journey to a Tibetan Lama monastery.

August 27 - RAID INTO TIBET
The only available film from the Tibetan guerrilla fighters who carried on resistance efforts from the remote Mustang area of Nepal from 1960 to 1974. Author and Tibetan expert George Patterson takes the viewer to the secret guerrilla camps and accompanies the men on a mission to raid a Chinese military truck convoy.

September 3 - TIBETAN STORY
Church organizations offer assistance to Tibetan people in exile, including health care, education, and consideration to traditional culture in Tibetan settlements in India.