Director: Rosemary Rawcliffe
Country: USA
Year: 2025

Women of Tibet: 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.

This film will be available to stream until midnight on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

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Women commemorating the anniversary of the historic Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day, Dharamsala, India.
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The late Ama Adhe Tapontsang (far right) at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, India.
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Dolma Tsering with Tibetan schoolchildren at Tibetan Children’s Village, Dharamsala, India.
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Archival Image – Late 1950’s, Tibetan women and men in front of the Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet.
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Archival Image – Tibetan Women’s Uprising, March 12, 1959. Tibetan women gather in the thousands in front of the Potala Palace to protect His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

Photographs courtesy of Frame of Mind Films