Rigpa Melbourne - Film Night 21st October 2023

Rigpa Melbourne - Film Night 

Saturday 21st October 2023, 6.30pm Start.

Fund-raiser – two movies each night - $20 donation/night

Supper of home-made cakes and chai – bring a plate to share if you can

Raffle of a beautiful thangka plus a door prize

The main feature film “others before self”.

Learn how child refugees keep their culture alive after China took their country. The kids at Tibetan Children's Village tell the story of the occupation of Tibet and show how their school teaches the wisdom of their culture and helps them work towards returning to their homeland. Deeply rooted in Tibetan Buddhism and traditions, these young voices rise up in hope and anger as they work to keep their way of life in the face of the Chinese occupation. An intimate and visually stunning portrait of the lives, history and beliefs of the young refugees at Tibetan Children's Village in the Indian Himalayas.

The support film on 21 October will be:

Bringing Tibet Home, a dramatic documentary that follows a NY based artist Tenzing Rigdol in an ambitious undertaking for his next art project. - not only to bring awareness to the constraints of Chinese rule in Tibet, but to give Tibetans in exile the much dreamed of chance to set foot on native Tibetan soil. Bringing Tibet Home   captures the Tibetan refugee experience with vivid intensity and the warmth of human connection.