Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution awarded EMMY® by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences San Francisco Northen California Region during the annual awards ceremony. 'A Quiet Revolution' is the second in Bay Area filmmaker Rosemary Rawcliffe's Women of Tibet trilogy. Even more poignant, the honor marks the 50th Anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and forced exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.Rosemary's film depicts three generations of Tibetan women and His Holiness the Dalai Lama telling the story of one of modern history's greatest movements in nonviolent resistance. An estimated 15,000 unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa in 1959 to oppose the violent Chinese occupation of their country. The surviving exiled elders are the last generation of women left to tell the story of the Women's Uprising and transmit their cultural legacy. Having survived decades in prison and perilous escape across the Himalayas, they have become the architects and builders of the new Tibet in exile. His Holiness the Dalai Lama pays tribute to their spirit and influence.
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