- Director: Rosemary Rawcliffe
- Country: USA
- Year: 2019
Through intimate conversations and previously unreleased archival materials, the Dalai Lama reveals his experience of the personal, political, spiritual, and historical events that shaped his story. The Great 14th offers an unprecedented insight into the complexities of his life—from past lives of the Fifth and Thirteenth Dalai Lamas to his current life as the spiritual and former political leader of Tibet.
This film will be available to stream until midnight on Friday, July 31, 2026. To play the film, click on the play button that appears at the center of the image above.
Photograph by Frame of Mind Films
Photograph by Frame of Mind Films
Photograph by Frame of Mind Films
Photograph by Frame of Mind Films
Photograph by Frame of Mind Films
Photograph by Frame of Mind Films
Rosemary Rawcliffe on set with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, and his younger brother Tendzin Choegyal. Main meeting room of His Holiness’ office building, Dharamsala, India.
Photograph by Peter McCandless
Photo of Archival reel film negatives.
Photograph by Frame of Mind Films
Rosemary Rawcliffe and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama look over film research documents. Main meeting room of His Holiness’ office building, Dharamsala, India.
Photograph by Peter McCandless
Producer & director Rosemary Rawcliffe and composer Tom Disher working on the sound mix for The Great 14th.
Photograph by Holly Hine
Online editor Ibon Olaskoaga and composer Tom Disher working on the sound mix for The Great 14th.
Photograph by Holly Hine
From left to right: editor Elizabeth Ray, line producer Holly Hine, producer & director Rosemary Rawcliffe, sound mixer Andrew Vernon, composer Tom Disher at the end of the sound mix for The Great 14th.
Photograph by Holly Hine
From left to right: Holly Hine (line producer), Rosemary Rawcliffe (producer & director), and Elizabeth Ray (editor) looking at the Mill Valley Film Festival listing of The Great 14th for the first time.
Photograph by Sunny Shine
Rosemary Rawcliffe is the founder of Frame of Mind Films and a seasoned EMMY award-winning producer, director, executive producer, and consultant with international experience in television, advertising, film, video, and theatrical production. As a humanitarian, Rosemary’s dedication to creating films emphasizing human rights and prioritizing telling stories from the female perspective is unwavering. Under her leadership, Fram of Mind Films continues to make a social impact with its EMMY winning Women of Tibet series and, most recently, the EMMY nominated production of The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama in His Own Words.