Release date: Sept. 27, 2005
Contact: Beverly Cox Clark at 404-712-8780 or beverly.clark@emory.edu

Emory Presents Acclaimed Tibetan Documentary Oct. 6

For more than 50 years, the people inside Tibet had not seen or heard from their exiled spiritual leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama – that is until Kalsang Dolma traversed the Tibetan countryside, covertly showing Tibetans a videotaped message from His Holiness. Her journey is recorded in the award-winning documentary "What Remains of Us." This acclaimed Canadian film will be screened at Emory University at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6 in White Hall, Room 208, 301 Dowman Dr.

Winner of the best documentary prize at the 2004 Hollywood Film Festival, "What Remains of Us." provides a realistic view of the Tibetan people's struggle for their own voice under Chinese rule. While showing many aspects of Tibetan life and culture, the film's most moving feature is the intense emotional reactions of the Tibetans who had not heard from the Dalai Lama for so long.

The documentary was highlighted at Cannes Critic's Week 2004 and won multiple awards at the Atlantic Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival. It is also being considered for a 2005 Academy Award nomination and will be shown at the London Film Festival in November.

The Emory screening will be the first in the Southeast and will be shown under strict security guides to protect the identity of those brave Tibetans who have risked their freedom to appear onscreen in this film to ensure that their story would be told.

The film screening is free of charge and is sponsored by the Emory-Tibet Partnership, Drepung Loseling Institute and Ducshop Performance Center.

To help protect the identity of those featured in the film, no recording devices or cell phone cameras will be allowed in the theatre. All attendees will be screened before entering. For more information contact Emory-Tibet Partnership, at mshocke@emory.edu or 404-727-6280, or Drepung Loseling Institute at 770-938-9709.

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