The Center for East Asian Studies is pleased to welcome Tibetan film director Ngawang Choephel for a screening of his film “Tibet in Song” at 7:00 PM at the Spencer Museum Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Born in Tibet in 1966, Ngawang’s mother carried him into exile in India when he was two years old. After graduating from the Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts in Dharamsala, India, he received a Fulbright Fellowship to study filmmaking and ethnomusicology at Middlebury College.
In 1995 he traveled to Tibet to make a documentary about Tibetan music. After just a month in the country, he was arrested and later sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for “espionage and counter-revolutionary activities.” This sentence was later reduced, and Ngawang Choephel was released in 2002 after spending 6 years in a Chinese prison. He currently lives in New York City.
Click here to see a preview of Tibet in Song. We look forward to you joining us on March 8 for this film and a conversation with Ngawang Choephel afterward.
- Eric C. Rath
Here is a pdf version of the flier: Tibet in Song Flier (PDF)
