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The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo)

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2200 Rayburn House Office Building

Announcement

Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a screening of the 2018 filmThe Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo), followed by a panel discussion with filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam.

Dolkar, a 26-year-old exile Tibetan, lives in Delhi. Eighteen years ago, she escaped from Tibet with her father, making a perilous trek across the Himalayas that ended in tragedy. Dolkar has suppressed all recollection of that traumatic incident. But when she unexpectedly encounters Gompo, the guide who abandoned them during their journey, memories of her escape reignite and she is propelled on an obsessive search for retribution and closure. Flashbacks of her desperate journey with a small group through a harsh and desolate Himalayan terrain punctuate her growing predicament in the present as she follows Gompo through the alleys of the Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi. The two stories move in tandem until Dolkar and Gompo finally confront each other.

Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam are an Indian-Tibetan couple whose previous films include The Sun Behind the Clouds and Dreaming Lhasa. The Sweet Requiem will be presented in Tibetan and Hindi with English subtitles.

Following the screening, panelists will discuss the making of the film and the situation of Tibetan refugees in India.

This screening will be open to Members of Congress, congressional staff, the interested public, and the media. For any questions, please contact Rosie Berman at 202-225-3599 or Rosie.Berman@mail.house.gov (for Co-Chair McGovern) or Piero Tozzi at 202-225-3765 or Piero.Tozzi@mail.house.gov (for Co-Chair Smith). 

Hosted by:

James P. McGovern
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC
Christopher H. Smith
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC
Witnesses

Opening Remarks

Panelists

  • Ritu Sarin, Filmmaker, The Sweet Requiem
  • Tenzing Sonam, Filmmaker, The Sweet Requiem

Moderator

  • Tencho Gyatso, Director of Outreach, International Campaign for Tibet

Contact The Commission

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
4150 O'Neill House Office Building
200 C Street SW
Washington, D.C. 20515
United States of America

Phone: +1 (202) 225-3599
Fax: +1 (202) 226-6584
TLHRC@mail.house.gov

Accessibility

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If you are in need of special accommodations, please call (202) 225-3599 at least four business days in advance.

Questions with regard to special accommodations in general (including availability of Commission materials in alternative formats and assistive listening devices, sign language interpretation, etc.) may be directed to the Commission.

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