Team Tibet - documentary film

“Team Tibet” is a short documentary film which follows a group of Tibetans living in exile in India, who want Tibet to be able to take part in the 2008 Olympics.

Filmed August 2007 in McLeod Ganj and Delhi, it asks: Why did they flee Tibet? What is the situation in Tibet under Chinese occupation? What are their hopes for the future of their country, people and cultures? And What about the 2008 games?

Team Tibet Part One

Team Tibet Part Two

Team Tibet Part Three

Team Tibet Part Four

Background from www.supportteamtibet.com

In August 2008, global attention will focus on China, as Beijing will be hosting the 2008 Olympic games. The fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter and the Games are the manifestation of freedom, justice, opportunity, equality and love for every human being on this earth.

These ideals are rampantly violated in China. Sadly, the host of the 2008 Olympics is labelled “The worst Regime” by International human rights organisations such as Amnesty International.

In India around 150,000 Tibetans*, along with their spiritual leader H.H The Dali Lama, live in exile, having fled their homeland due to oppressive conditions of the Chinese occupation.

Tibetans want to be represented at the Olympics, yet Tibet is still occupied, and as a nation Tibet remains barred from the games. “Team Tibet” believes the 2008 Games are the opportunity for this to change. On August 4th 2007, in Delhi, one year ahead of the games, “Team Tibet” are holding an International Run for Tibet.

Links

www.supportteamtibet.com

http://www.tibetanwomen.org

http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/

http://www.guchusum.org/

http://www.beijingwideopen.org/

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2144692,00.html

Richard Edkins
e-mail: rich@environments.org.uk

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Links to video on YouTube

30.08.2007 09:23

I tried to embed the video from youtube in the posting above, but it didn't work ???

Anways here are the links to "Team Tibet" - Parts One to Four:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq9CXOIGQVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqjrgqxt-0A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRFWwCOYry8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uucCfZZ92dU

Richard Edkins
Homepage: http://www.environments.org.uk

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this is a western plan to destroy china

31.08.2007 05:41

Friends,

Free Tibet should not be supported by anybody on the left. The free tibet campaign is a plan to destabilise china. We all can see how scared the US and other western countries are about the growth of china, and free tibet is part of this neo conservative plan to break up china. The dalai lama is a reactionary feudal religious leader with little support, and is linked to right wing groups in India and the US. The peaceful mystical image of tibet is something that has been created in the western imagination, it has never had any reality. Ask yourselves why do hollywood stars, the beastie boys and other pop stars etc all worry so much about tibet? This does not deserve support it hides a reactionary agenda beneath the trendy buddhist 'peace' platitutes.

Dorje