A Long Look Homeward: Photographic exhibition on Tibet

"A Long Look Homeward" is a journey through Tibet's history, as narrated by eleven members of the Tibetan community in exile who act as the exhibition's curators. The curators' personal stories are interwoven with the story of their nation and are accompanied by images of their choosing.   "A Long Look Homeward" sheds lights on Tibet's magnificent past while expressing hopes for its future .

University of Miami, Otto G. Richter Library, 2 nd Floor
September 1 - October 1, 2004
1300 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL   33124
Phone (305) 284-3551
Mon-Thu, 7:30 am - 1 am
Friday, 7:30 am - 10 pm
Saturday, 9 am - 10 pm

Film Series

Kundun
September 15, 2004
7:00 pm
Cosford Cinema, Open to the UM community

The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'.  This Martin Scorsese film starts in 1937, in a remote area of Tibet close to the Chinese border, a two year old child is identified as the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, the compassionate Buddha. Two years later, the child is brought to Lhasa where he is schooled as a monk and as head of state amidst the color and pageantry of Tibetan culture. The film follows him into adulthood: when he is 14, the Chinese invade Tibet and he is forced into a shaky coalition government; he travels to China to meet with a cynical Mao; and, finally, in 1959, ill and under siege, he flees to India. Throughout, he has visions of his people's slaughter under Chinese rule.

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
September 18 & 19, 2004
1:30 pm
Cosford Cinema, Open to the public

Ten years in the making, this award-winning feature-length documentary was filmed during nine remarkable journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal.  Cry of the Snow Lion brings audiences to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented richness of imagery... from rarely-seen rituals in remote monasteries, to horse races with Khamba warriors; from brothels and slums in the holy city of Lhasa, to magnificent Himalayan peaks still traveled by nomadic yak caravans.  The dark secrets of Tibet's recent past are powerfully chronicled through personal stories and interviews, and a collection of undercover and archival images never before assembled in one film.  A definitive exploration of a legendary subject, Cry of the Snow Lion is an epic story of courage and compassion.