Movies
- 2019
Rituals of Resistance
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A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk...
- 2023
Achala
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It showcases a personal message between the artist's mother and her sister. They discuss keeping in touch through pictures, which represents a form...
- 2022
Dreams
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Single-channel video in which the artist's parents go to sleep on a single mattress on the floor — akin to the one they used when first...
- 2023
Father Mother
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A 2-channel-video on feelings around familial expressions of care, language, identity, and memories of and longing for a lost homeland, which are...
- 2023
Dancing Boy
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It showcases a joyful moment of a child dancing to a contemporary Tibetan song in a Tibetan home. The boy looks straight at the camera humorously and...
- 2023
Summer Grass
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On a Typical day on the sunny grasslands of Tibet, offering a rare glimpse of daily life shared between two family members that have been separated...
- 2022
Pure Land
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Builds a loose narrative around a long distance conversation between a young Tibetan-American man and his Tibetan-born mother. The character wanders...
- 2014
A Singing Blade
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A fictional short that takes its inspiration from Black Yamari, a thangka in the Rubin Museum’s collection. Recalling her childhood memories, a...
- 1970
Four Rivers
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A cinematic landscape film, based on a pilgrimage guide book on the four river sources that originate near Mount Kailash, in Tibet. The film depicts...