Jetsun Pema

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Jetsun Pema in Sept ans au Tibet (1997)

EMMY® Award Winning A Quiet Revolution begins on March 12, 1959 when 15,000 unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent occupation of their country by the Communist Chinese army.

For the first time on film, three generations of Tibetan women and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama tell the story of one of the great movements of nonviolent resistance in modern history.

From the streets of Lhasa to their principal refuge in Dharamsala, India, the stories that live at the heart of this film offer an intimate and direct experience of what it is to lose everything and begin anew.

The late Ama Adhe recounts 28 years spent in a Chinese prison and the deep faith that allowed her to survive the ordeal as she teaches new generations of young refugees. Dolma Tsering describes sacrifices her parents made as exiles so that she might become first a teacher and then a member of Parliament, and Tseten Choeden, born and raised in exile, ensures that her Tibetan birthright is passed on to her own children as she wrestles with a culture in transition.

After 50 years in exile, His Holiness the Dalai Lama pays tribute to the courage of these remarkable women and their ability to keep their cultural legacy intact for generations to come.

©2002-2025 Frame of Mind Films

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Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution (2008)

Jetsun Pema is known for Sept ans au Tibet (1997), Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo - The Great Mother (2006) and The Last Dalai Lama? (2016).

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Brad Pitt and Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk in Sept ans au Tibet (1997)

Sept ans au Tibet

7.1

Great Mother

1997

Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo - The Great Mother (2006)

Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo - The Great Mother

8.6

Self

2006

The Last Dalai Lama? (2016)

The Last Dalai Lama?

7.5

Self

2016

The Dalai Lama, Jetsun Pema, Geleck Palsang, and Tenzin Kalden in Amala - The Life and struggle of Dalai lama's sister (2022)

Amala - The Life and struggle of Dalai lama's sister

Self

2022

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Sept ans au Tibet
7.1
- Great Mother
- 1997

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Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution

Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution

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