One-sided yet persuasive.
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:42
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Makes no effort to do more than present one side of its story, but does it so passionately and persuasively that the viewer almost cannot help but be moved.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:Sep 19, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION is a dramatic documentary that takes viewers through the astonishing recent political history of the country. Spending over ten years making the film, director Tom... TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION is a dramatic documentary that takes viewers through the astonishing recent political history of the country. Spending over ten years making the film, director Tom Peosay presents a clear, concise, educational chronology that tracks the major events and developments in the Tibet-China conflict both within those two countries and internationally. The film shows the beauty of the country's Himalaya Mountains, the artistry of Tibetan clothing and monasteries, the practices of the Buddhist religion, and the gentle spirit of the Tibetan people. But the most powerful part of the film includes archival news coverage, interviews with politicians and historians, and testimonials from survivors of torture and imprisonment. Woven together, these pieces tell the story of the immensely disturbing, violent ongoing struggle resulting from Tibet's occupation by China.The film does an excellent job with its material, and viewers will find themselves searching for a solution and an answer to Tibet's problems long after the movie's conclusion. [More]
Starring: Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Dalai Lama
Starring: Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Dalai Lama
Director: Tom Peosay
Director: Tom Peosay
Screenwriter: Sue Peosay, Victoria Mudd
Producer: Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd, Sue Peosay, Tom Peosay
Composer: Jeff Beal, Nawang Khechog
Studio: Artistic License
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Reviews for Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
It is pretty convincing in its argument that China has every intention of destroying the culture of Tibetans.
If Richard Gere annoys you, ignore him and the other celebrities mentioned here and learn something.
As a film, the technique barely serves the well-intentioned motivation behind it: the exposure of unprincipled subjugation.
An extraordinary and passionate documentary about the plight of these oppressed people whose religion remains one of the wonders of the world with its mind training, nonviolence and compassion.
Cry of the Snow Lion succeeds in making a viewer want to do more, but it's scattershot enough to make you want to know more too.
Documentaries can be informative, entertaining and provocative, but rare is the documentary that makes you feel so engaged (and enraged) that it prompts you to action somehow. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion is that kind of film.
Historical footage charts Tibet's encounter with its Communist neighbor, but the doc also provides a National Geographic kind of pleasure.
Gives you a sympathetic understanding of what's going on in Tibet, it may be one-sided, but it's effective and interesting.
Despite its undeniably moving, and enlightening, moments, the film eventually tips into pedagogy.
Such a measured primer of talking heads and footage -- a broad, slick Tibet 101 -- that it seems better suited to the classroom than the big screen, despite its Himalayan scenery and rustic colors.
The movie bobs all over the place, leaving out important elements, including others that make no sense and sandwiching it all together with an endless procession of blathering heads.
Makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of a people that the world must never be allowed to forget, no matter how much their oppressors would prefer us to do just that.
A more concise and affecting summation of the Tibetan crisis would be hard to imagine.
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