Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution

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Status

Released

Production

Unknown

Aired

2008-04-12

Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution

In 1959 thousands of unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent Chinese occupation of their country. For the first time on film, three generations of Tibetan women and His Holiness the Dalai Lama recount one of the great movements of nonviolent resistance in modern history.