The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
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  • Summary: In The Sun Behind the Clouds, Tibetan filmmaker, Tenzing Sonam, and his partner, Ritu Sarin, take a uniquely Tibetan perspective on the trials and tribulations of the Dalai Lama and his people as they continue their struggle for freedom in the face of determined suppression by one of the world’s biggest and most powerful nations. The filmmakers had intimate access to the Dalai Lama and followed him over the course of an eventful year, which included the 2008 protests in Tibet, the international response to it, the Beijing Olympics, and the breakdown in talks between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government. (White Crane Films)

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    80
    The film is essential viewing for anyone who cares about the fate of the mountain region and the legacy of the Dalai Lama.
  2. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matthew Nestel
    60
    The filmmakers do bang-up job expanding the frontline perspectives, aiming to subvert a ruling regime’s course and expose its cloudy human rights record.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    Just as you need two hands to clap, explain frustrated young activists, the ­Dalai Lama requires a reasonable partner with whom to negotiate. And right now, it seems, the Tibetans may as well have their arms tied behind their backs.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    60
    The doc dutifully allows for these varying viewpoints, but in a mode that’s not especially captivating, despite a guitar score by Brokeback Mountain’s Gustavo Santaolalla.

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