Film Screening
Fire under the Snow
The film revolves around Palden Gyatso, a Buddhist monk since childhood, who was arrested by the Chinese Communist Army in 1959. He spent the next 33 years in prison for the crimes of peaceful demonstration and refusal to denounce his apolitical teacher as an Indian spy. He was tortured, starved and sentenced to hard labor. He watched his nation and culture destroyed, and his teachers, friends and family displaced, jailed or killed under Chinese occupation. Screening includes an introduction and discussion of the film by director and producer Makoto Sasa.
