Escape from Tibet documentary of Zazie Blumencron

In 2004 Butterfly foundation, designed, financed and built a boarding school for Tibetan children in Katmandhu, Nepal.
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In Tibet, where Chinese domination is felt in all aspects of day-to-day life, the educational situation for Tibetan children is tragic: in state schools all over the territory, apart from two illegal schools in Lhasa where lessons are taught in the Tibetan language, all students are exclusively taught the Chinese language, history and culture.
For these, and various other motives which are now also noted in the Western world, the number of Tibetans who choose exile is very high in order to guarantee their children a better life, as well as the opportunity to be taught in Tibetan and preserve their culture which is at risk of being lost forever.
Given the high number of Tibetan refugees in Nepal (around 10,000-12,000 of which over 1,000 are children) it is necessary to register children at least three years before starting school due to the waiting lists at the three existing schools in Kathmandu. Under these circumstances the number of young children who do not manage to receive even a basic education is very high.
Thanks to this great documentary!
Directed by Maria Blumencron
Produced by Jörg Bundschuh
Markus Fischer
Franz Hirner
Pit Riethmüller
Written by Maria Blumencron
Karl-Dietmar Möller-Naß
Starring Hannah Herzsprung, Yangzom Brauen, Carlos Leal
Music by Peter Scherrer
Cinematography Brian D. Goff
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Distributed by Global Screen GmbH[1]
Release date
12 May 2012
Running time
105