Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion

This documentary took ten years to make. The crew travelled to Tibet, India and Nepal nine separate times. Rituals in remote monasteries are on screen. So are horse races with Khamba riders. So are the slums of Lhasa. Himalayan peaks and nomadic yak caravans are filmed as well. The last fifty years sit at the centre of the story. What the film is about is Tibet under Chinese rule. People who spent years in prison speak on camera. They say what was done to them, and the film does not go into detail. Undercover footage and archive material are put together. Which side the film is on is clear from the start. It stands with those calling for a free Tibet. It gives the opposing view no room. That is worth knowing before watching. The hundred and four minute documentary is an American production finished in 2002.