Joy Dietrich & Tenzin Phuntsog – Rituals of Resistance (2018)

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists in exile across three generations in disparate parts of the world. Ultimately a portrait of transgenerational trauma is revealed through personal testimonies of resilience in the face of oppression.

Synopsis:
“Rituals of Resistance” looks at the evolving generational responses by pacifist Tibetans under 65 years of Chinese occupation. Through first-hand oral accounts by three Tibetan exiles living in disparate parts of the world, the film traces the three paths of resistance from the active and the brutal, to the realm of the symbolic and sacrificial. The film creatively explores the history of resistance through each subject’s relation to the medium of their era.

After the Chinese invasion in 1950, a devout monk turns to violence and becomes a guerrilla leader, launching pinprick raids from his base in Nepal. An immigrant mother in California, who follows the Dalai Lama’s Middle Path of nonviolence, defies Chinese border restrictions to reunite with her family after 30 years of separation. A student-activist in India, who grew up under Chinese-controlled Tibet, turns to suicide protest.
Each individual grapples with his or her Buddhist beliefs at the face of national and political imperatives.
Interspersed between each portrait, the Tibetan American director reflects on each mode of resistance as he wanders the American frontier that resembles his lost homeland.

Rituals.of.Resistance.2018.1080p.WEB.x264-KnightsOfNi.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 3 min
Size: 	1.25 GiB
Video
Codec: 	h264
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	2 689 kb/s
BPP: 	0.054
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC @ 128 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/2CBB88F75A37FA1/Rituals.of.Resistance.2018.1080p.WEB.x264-KnightsOfNi.mkv

Language(s):English, Tibetan
Subtitles:English (forced hc)