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Fire Under the Snow
IDFA 2008

Fire Under the Snow

Makoto Sasa
United States, Japan
2008
75 min
n.a.
Festival history
Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan Buddhist monk since childhood, was arrested by the Chinese communist army in 1959. He spent the next 33 years in prison for the \ldblquote crimes\rdblquote of demonstrating peacefully and refusing to falsely denounce his teacher as an Indian spy. He was tortured, starved and forced to perform hard labor. He watched his nation and culture destroyed, his teachers, friends and family displaced, jailed or killed by the Chinese occupiers. Despite this, he remained unbroken, keeping the flame of his spirit ablaze.
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Screening copy
    Argot Pictures
    Argot Pictures
World Sales
    Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH
    Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH