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'A Quiet Revolution' Awarded EMMY®

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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.

To learn more about Rosemary's trilogy: Women of Tibet

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Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution

Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution airs today on San Francisco's KQED at 6:00 p.m. with additional showings on May 21. The film made it's local PBS premier on KCSM San Mateo in April and continues to air around the U. S., I caught this initial local airing on KCSM.

It's the second film in a trilogy by Bay Area filmmaker Rosemary Rawcliffe. A Quiet Revolution world premiered at the 2007 Mill Valley Film Festival.

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.

View trailer below.

To learn more about Rosemary's trilogy: Women of Tibet

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There's a beautiful documentary called Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo-The Great Mother airing around the country on PBS, first shown at Telluride Film Festival in 2006, the film has been on American Public Television since Mother's Day. Filmmaker Rosemary Rawcliffe explores archetypal energy and influence in a portrait of Dekyi Tsering, the 14th Dalai Lama's mother and The Great Mother of the Tibetan nation. Rosemary's second film in her Women of Tibet trilogy, Incense Broken--Country Lost chronicles the events of 1959 when more than 15,000 Tibetan Women joined together in an extraordinary peaceful uprising against the Chinese Communist forces. 47 years later in a world increasingly being torn asunder, it's worth reflecting on both the strength of the human spirit and the power peace has in bringing together an entire country in exile.

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