Dreaming Lhasa
90 minutes
The first feature film from acclaimed Tibetan directors Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin. Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, goes to Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's exile headquarters in northern India, to make a documentary about former political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. She wants to reconnect with her roots but is also escaping a deteriorating relationship back home.

One of Karma's interviewees is Dhondup, an enigmatic ex-monk who has just escaped from Tibet. He confides in her that his real reason for coming to India is to fulfill his dying mother's last wish. She has asked him to deliver a charm box to a long-missing resistance fighter. Karma finds herself unwittingly falling in love with Dhondup even as she is sucked into the passion of his quest, which becomes a journey into Tibet's fractured past and a voyage of self-discovery.

This film is shown as a double feature with Compassion In Exile:
1 ticket, 2 films.
Sunday, June 20 4:30 PM Katzen Arts Center Tickets