State of Statelessness

106 min | Tibetan with English subtitles | 2024 | India, United States, Vietnam
This film is the first Tibetan-language anthology to explore the lives of Tibetans in exile around the world. Through four stories, the feature film explores heartache and nostalgia amid the realities of dislocation, sans judgement or romanticisation. What does home mean to a people scattered across borders, national constructs, and generations?
In 1959, 100,000 Tibetans followed His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s escape from Chinese occupation into Dharamshala, India. The Tibetan diaspora now spans the world, from the United States to the Mekong Delta, having integrated into new countries in unique ways. The film captures the pain of a scattered people, and finds in it resilience and the unexpected bonds that form in strange lands.


The organiser will be present for an audience Q&A.
Venue: Seminar Halls



A Tibetan-Language Anthology on Exile and Belonging
For Ages 12+
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*Speaker*: Norpell Wilberforce
*Event Categories*: Culture, Film, Language, Society