Boulder Premier of New Tibetan Film, "The Search"
Acclaimed filmmaker Pema Tseden will be visiting the University of Colorado on April 9 for a screening of his new film, The Search, followed by a Question & Answer session with the filmmaker. The event will be held on Friday, April 9 from 5-7:30pm in Eaton Humanities Room 250 and is free and open to the public.
About The Search ('Tshol)
A Tibetan film director travels from village to village looking for actors to star in a film based on the Tibetan opera Prince Drimé Kundun, a quintessentially Buddhist legend about compassion and self-sacrifice. Traveling by car, the director holds auditions in the unlikely but all-pervasive contexts of contemporary Tibetan life – in building sites, streets, bars, night clubs, and monasteries. Exercising formalistic restraint with a contemplative pace and unique camera placement, Pema Tseden has made a road movie that takes the viewer straight into the heart of a changing Tibet, raising penetrating questions about what identity means in the modern world.