The Sun Behind The Clouds

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MyHinduPage.org Review. For those who are following the current affairs of The Dalai Lama and the Tibetan dilemma, this documentary is important. While it briefly goes through China's occupation or rather invasion of Tibet in the 1950's it focuses on the struggle of The Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people in exile in Dharamsala, India and elsewhere for both greater autonomy for Tibetan people or outright freedom of Tibet from China. The film focuses on events surrounding the bloody riots that happened in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. While China prepared for the first ever Olympic games in Asia and the world spot light was on it, Tibetans rose to protest the Chinese occupation in Tibet. The core of the film was on a peaceful march that the Tibetans in exile in Dharamsala, India organized to enter the Tibetan border from India to show solidarity to their brothers and sisters in Tibet during the protests. As the march progresses the complexity of the Tibetan struggle is revealed. Very well taken documentary, some amazing sceneries of the Himalayan foothills in Dharamsala and the Tibetan plateau. A must see for all who are follow The Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people in their cause.

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A provocative and potent look at The Dalai Lama's ceaseless struggle for justice and recognition for the Tibetan people, The Sun Behind the Clouds focuses on the pivotal and particularly tumultuous events of 2008. From Buddhist monks' protests in Lhasa on the 50th anniversary of the Chinese invasion and the four-month march of exiled Tibetans through India to the Tibetan border, to the Beijing Olympics and the raucous talks between the Dalai Lama's representatives and the Chinese government, the film uncovers the growing rifts between younger Tibetans and their most respected spiritual leader.

While His Holiness advocates for political autonomy within China rather than secession from it, a younger generation within Tibet has grown impatient and begun to chart a more confrontational course. Following The Dalai Lama's political life with unprecedented personal access, Tibetan filmmaker Tenzing Sonam and co-director Ritu Sarin bring an impassioned focus to the myriad complexities in finding a peaceful solution based on compromise and dialogue.