Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
The ceiling of the world, one of the most picturesque locales on the planet and the focal point of Buddhist teachings for thousands of years: Tibet, its people and their history are the mainstay of this 2 hour long feature.
As a documentary, this suffers from none of the Michael Moore esque screaming and ranting to carry its point, more the piece is a retelling of events from the dawn of Buddhism through the major social, political and military events throughout the history of Tibet.
Wether you are awed by the cinematography of this beautiful land, brought to your mental knees by the scope of enshrined Buddhist fervour and practice amongst the people of Tibet, or horrified and revert to tears at the sheer level of brutality and suffering brought on by the Chinese government - words could never convey the magnitude of this film.
This brought back to me an experience not that long ago when I visited the public address of the Dalai Lama and was left with a feeling of regret at what had been committed, but a certain amount of apathy at the unreality of his words to my day to day life.
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion not only changed this, but did so in a way that gave to light an unrest with not only this specific struggle, but a general apathy throughout all the dealings of the western world.
The imagery of this film and the barbarity of the Chinese Government brought me to actual tears in a 2 hour piece covering the systematic extermination of not only a people, but an entire social and religious doctrine. Through the physical and mental oppresion of the Tibettan people, the brain washing of an entire continent a billion strong, coupled to the orchestrated infiltration and subsequent obliteration of all future structures to promote development, work force and education amongst the natives of Tibet... this has been the quiet genocide.
Evidence that the loss of life is equal to both the Holocaust and Stalin's reign over Russia are within the boundaries of this film, and for this reason alone the amount of attention it receives can never be enough.
Detailing social and mental movements within China's own population, the piece also covers the incarceration of the Panchen Lama two days after the Dalai Lama declared who the Panchen was.
More over, the Chinese government ordained their own Panchen Lama (the person directly responsible for identifying and naming the next Dalai Lama) which raises immediate and harrowing concerns considering the Government physically and brutally represses all images, speech and worship of the existing Dalai Lama within the borders of Tibet.
From the perspective of a Film goer, this documentary covers the full spectrum of human emotion, is beautifully shot, historically accurate without any majorly perceived bias beyond letting the audience form an opinion on fact, and a genuine must see for anyone.
Embodying the shining fact that no matter what the circumstance, it is within each of us to live and act the difference we wish to see in the world - to not herald this movie and implore as many people as possible to see it would be another reason why we are slowly but surely loosing our moral grip on our own doorstep.
Make a difference.
10 out of
10
Now showing at the selected cinemas including the Lumiere (
www.lumiere.com.au) on Lonsdale street, Melbourne.
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Other social documentaries highly recommend:
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.
The Corporation.
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
] that i dont think that it ever would have been let to air.
]. see it if your up for a night of mindless action/romance/comedy entertainment. it fulfills that role quite well i think you'll find. 
