Movie Screening And Discussion: "Tibetan Stories"

Tibet House US presents a screening of the documentary, "Tibetan Stories". "Tibetan Stories" is a short documentary, web-series introducing audiences to the lives, values and family histories of a group of diverse Tibetan refugees. Their stories give us a deeper, more complete appreciation for the contemporary Tibetan experience in exile. A Q&A will follow the screening.

About the film: "Tibetan Stories" is a short documentary, web-series introducing audiences to the lives, values and family histories of a group of diverse Tibetan refugees.  Their stories give us a deeper, more complete appreciation for the contemporary Tibetan experience in exile. Produced by The International Center for Mental Health & Human Rights and directed by Russell Avery, the series concept is akin to a “Tibetan Canterbury Tales,” where the moral dilemmas and often traumatic experiences of everyday subjects are explored, in addition to the strength and resiliency each individual finds in overcoming them. Neither objectifying nor victimizing in its tone, Tibetan Stories is a humanistic film series about people - diverse Tibetan people, who are frequently romanticized in the Western imagination, and who have endured much, but are far more than the sum of their suffering.

For more information, visit http://www.tibetanstories.org

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Russell Avery, director and cinematographer
Internationally recognized photographer and filmmaker, Russell was an associate producer of “The New World,” directed by Terrence Malick and assisted cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki on Malick’s, “The Tree of Life,” which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.  He founded Kestrel Filmworks to promote environmental literacy and human rights, while mentoring local students and community-based organizations during production.

Gaea Logan, executive producer
Ms. Logan has been active in the dialogue between Buddhist psychology, contemplative practice and analytic psychotherapy since 1974 and has presented nationally and internationally on the topic of healing trauma, group psychotherapy, compassion and mindful awareness.  She is an internationally certified group psychotherapist, the founder of ICMHHR, and a licensed professional counselor in private practice in Austin, Texas.

Gina de la Chesnaye, producer
Gina is a teacher with The Lineage Project, which brings mindfulness-based exercises to at-risk and incarcerated youth in NYC, and is a staff member of ICMHHR, facilitating movement, yoga and meditation as a component of their trauma and resilience training programs.  She is a competitive kick boxer and boxer as well as a contributing writer and photographer to The Huffington Post, NY Yoga & Life and YogaCityNYC, writing numerous articles on Buddhism, yoga and martial arts.

Tsering Choedup, associate producer
For over fifteen years, Choedup has coordinated community-based and international, human rights campaigns on behalf of Tibetans in Tibet and those living in exile with the goal of reaching a non-violent resolution to the Tibet-China conflict.  He served as the Asia Regional Coordinator for the International Tibet Network, where he led strategic planning, lobbying, internet security, social networking and public relations.