Lhakar Film Series|Budrus
On 19th August, SFT India screened “Budrus” as a part of it's ongoing weekly movie screening. Budrus, is an 80 minute documentary about the non-violent movement in the Palestinian town of Budrus. Being in…
Lhakar Film Series|Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet
On July 29th we screened the film Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet. During the 1950s the Tibetan resistance movement which is nowadays known for its non-violence gained an unlikely ally in the struggle against…
Lhakar Film Series|César Chávez: History Is Made One Step At a Time
On July 15th we screened the biopic César Chávez: History is Made One Step At a Time. This movie tells the story of the non-violent civil rights leader César Chávez, who fought for the rights…
Candlelight Vigil for Sangye Tso
On Wednesday, May 27, Sangye Tso, a 36 year old Tibetan woman, mother of two children, set herself on fire outside a local Chinese official building, and near a monastery where teachings were being held for a…
Dharamshala Visit| American University Student Group
Last week, we hosted a group of 11 students from American University in Washington DC. Mostly in their first or second year of college, the students came from a variety of academic backgrounds, including international…
China’s Worst Kept Secret: 5 Facts About the Abduction of Tibet’s Panchen Lama
By Dorjee Tseten, Asia Director, Students for a Free Tibet. Article Published on The Huffington Post, 22 May 2015 For a small town tucked away in the Himalayan foothills, Dharamsala attracts a surprising number of…
Lhakar Film Series: 5 Broken Cameras
On May 20th we screened the film 5 Broken Cameras, a personal take on the Israel-Palestine conflict. The film is a collection of footage by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, each of whose cameras were destroyed…
Modi in China: #BeStrongTalkTibet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting China for the first time since he took office from 14 - 16, May 2015. He has a unique opportunity to meet face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping.…
Lhakar Film Series: Wadjda
On May 7th, we screened critically acclaimed Wadjda (2012). As the first feature film produced solely within Saudi Arabia and directed by a woman Saudi filmmaker, Haifaa al-Mansour, the film is itself an act of…
