Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Tibet - Alert: Plateau and nomads under threat Stamford Arts Centre Cinema

Tibet - Alert: Plateau and nomads under threat
Stamford Arts Centre Cinema

An afternoon of films and a question
and answer sessions dedicated to the
cause of the Tibetan Nomad.

Meltdown in Tibet
(Dir: Michael Buckley, 2009, 40mins)

The natural meltdown of the glaciers
and the large scale damming of the
rivers by the Chinese to build massive
hydro electric power projects are
factors in the meltdown of the plateau.
Director, Michael Buckley is a travel
writer. Tibet supporter and Buddhist

Nomad to Nobody
(Dir: Michael Buckley, 2011, 55mins)

A documentary about the plight of the
vanishing nomads of Tibet. After the
film screenings there will be a question
and answer session by a panel of Perna
Yoko (coordinator of Students for Free
Tibet UK) Tash Despa (maker of the BBC4
film Return to Tibet) and Alison Reynolds
(director of International Tibet Network)

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