Tenzin Phuntsog

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Rituals of Resistance

Jul 28, 2019

Rituals of Resistance

2019 65 min 1 vues

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

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Dreams

Mar 03, 2022

Dreams

2022 2 min 1 vues

Single-channel video in which the artist's parents go to sleep on a single mattress on the floor — akin to the one they used when first arriving in the US — within an empty photo studio. The bed seems to be floating mid-air within an erased environment as if any place could be photoshopped around them, heightening the sense of uprooting.

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Pure Land

Mar 03, 2022

Pure Land

2022 16 min 1 vues

Builds a loose narrative around a long distance conversation between a young Tibetan-American man and his Tibetan-born mother. The character wanders through a natural landscape resembling the exiled homeland of his mother, taking photographs in an attempt to “find a frame that evokes a sense of belonging.” The camera in these works is used as an instrument to reveal the impossibility for displaced Tibetan individuals to be seen in actual Tibetan landscapes.

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A Singing Blade

Jan 01, 2014

A Singing Blade

2014 15 min 1 vues

A fictional short that takes its inspiration from Black Yamari, a thangka in the Rubin Museum’s collection. Recalling her childhood memories, a young Tibetan woman living in New York, displaced, questions if all is lost. Realizing that beauty is fleeting, she attempts to find solace in poetry, ancient texts, and art.

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Chu-Bzhi

Jan 01, 1970

Chu-Bzhi

1970 67 min 1 vues

A cinematic landscape film, based on a pilgrimage guide book on the four river sources that originate near Mount Kailash, in Tibet. The film depicts the beauty and brutality of nature and the rapidly evolving development projects taking place on the plateau. Narrated by the artist.

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Achala

Feb 16, 2023

Achala

2023 1 min 1 vues

It showcases a personal message between the artist's mother and her sister. They discuss keeping in touch through pictures, which represents a form of exchange for their monitored communications.

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Dancing Boy

Feb 18, 2023

Dancing Boy

2023 1 min 1 vues

It showcases a joyful moment of a child dancing to a contemporary Tibetan song in a Tibetan home. The boy looks straight at the camera humorously and charmingly.

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Summer Grass

Feb 18, 2023

Summer Grass

2023 2 min 1 vues

On a Typical day on the sunny grasslands of Tibet, offering a rare glimpse of daily life shared between two family members that have been separated for over 40 years.

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Pala Amala

Feb 18, 2023

Pala Amala

2023 6 min 1 vues

A 2-channel-video on feelings around familial expressions of care, language, identity, and memories of and longing for a lost homeland, which are expressed unspoken.

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Rituals of Resistance

Jul 28, 2019

Rituals of Resistance

2019 65 min 1 vues

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

Documentary

1

Rituals of Resistance

Jul 28, 2019

Rituals of Resistance

2019 65 min 1 vues

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

Documentary

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Rituals of Resistance

Jul 28, 2019

Rituals of Resistance

2019 65 min 1 vues

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

Documentary

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Rituals of Resistance

Jul 28, 2019

Rituals of Resistance

2019 65 min 1 vues

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

Documentary

1

Rituals of Resistance

Jul 28, 2019

Rituals of Resistance

2019 65 min 1 vues

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk broke his vows and became a guerilla leader. The filmmaker's own mother followed the Dalai Lama's Middle Path and raised her family in America. A young Tibetan man attempted to self-immolate in 2006. How does the filmmaker understand his place in the struggle?

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