27 Mar

Chaksampa: The Yogi Who Built Iron Bridges

A documentary film about the Tibetan Opera Group of Kathmandu creating a new opera based on the life of Thangtong Gyalpo (the 14th Century Tibetan Yogi who founded the tradition of Tibetan Opera) and then practicing and then finally performing in the Shoton Opera Festival in Dharamsala in front of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Festivals & Screenings

2006 – Tibetan Film Festival, Dharamsala, India
2007 – Emory University, Atlanta Georgia, USA