The dossier /
"Tsering Woeser, the subject of Chinese filmmaker Zhu Rikun's extraordinary documentary, is a Tibetan writer now based in Beijing. Through her writing and online voice, she has become one of the most eloquent voices on Tibet. Zhu Rikun's sharply designed, formally innovative documenta...
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| Format: | Unknown |
| Language: | Chinese Tibetan English |
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[China] :
Fanhall Films,
2014
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| Summary: | "Tsering Woeser, the subject of Chinese filmmaker Zhu Rikun's extraordinary documentary, is a Tibetan writer now based in Beijing. Through her writing and online voice, she has become one of the most eloquent voices on Tibet. Zhu Rikun's sharply designed, formally innovative documentary is completely in Woeser's own voice: Zhu alternates formally photographed scenes of Woeser reading excerpts from her secret government "dossier" (which she has somehow gained access to) with scenes of her speaking in her own soft but powerful, eloquent, passionate voice. Woeser's moving account of her political awakening and current activism makes for a powerful document of a Tibetan woman finding her voice and insisting on her freedom to use it"--CINEMA ON THE EDGE |
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| Item Description: | Also available as DVD or for streaming subscription from the Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company Title from disc label "July 2014"--Credit "Tsering Woeser, Tibetan writer. In 2003, because of her banned book Notes on Tibet, Woeser was dismissed from her work unit and lost all her benefits including housing and insurane. She continued her independent writing afterward. Her books including Forbidden Memory: Tibet during the Cultural Revolution, Tibet Memory. The invisible Tibet have been published abroad. In 2013, she was under house arrest for more than six months. She has been forbidden to travel aboard, and her application for a passport has been repeatedly denied by the Chinese authorities"--[Introduction] on screen |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Format: | DVD-Video disc |
| Production Credits: | Director and producer: Zhu Rikun ; editor Xu Xin ; English translator: Huang Mei |