BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\nEvent det ails subject to change. ---\nhttps://www.nyemmys.org/events/391/\n\nEvent Title: Meet the Filmmaker: Makoto Sasa\nStart Date / Time: Oct 22, 2009 14 :00 PM US/Eastern\nLocation: NY NATAS\nSpeaker: \nGoogle\nhttp://maps.goog le.com/maps?q=1375+Broadway,+Suite+2103,New York,NY,10018\n\nForecast\nhtt p://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/10018\n\n\nMeet the Filmmaker: Makoto Sasa\n“Fire Under the Snow”\n\nDate: Thursday, October 22, 2009\nLocat ion: NY NATAS, 1375 Broadway, Suite 2103\nReception: 6:00-6:30 PM ~ Progra m: 6:30-8:00 PM\n \n\n \n*Free to Members!\n$15 for those without current membership\n \n\nArrested by the Chinese Communist Army in 1959, Tibetan m onk Palden Gyatso spent 33 years in prisons and labor camps for the “cri me” of peaceful demonstration. Tortured, starved and sentenced to hard l abor, he watched his nation and culture destroyed, his teachers, friends a nd family displaced, jailed or killed. Fire Under the Snow covers Palden ’s birth in 1933, and follows him through the Orwellian nightmare that b egan with the Chinese invasion. It explores the escalating cycle of interr ogation and physical violation that ended decades later with Palden’s es cape from Tibet and a cathartic meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama i n India. During his imprisonment, sometimes the mere thought of being reu nited with the Dalai Lama was a beacon of hope for Palden and other fellow prisoners. The film investigates the basis of Palden’s resilience, who claims that his faith in Buddhism and education as a monk helped him survi ve. Despite the atrocities that befell him, he harbors no anger toward the Chinese and believes it is part of his “karma.” At the 2006 Winter Ol ympics in Turin, we captured the entirety of Palden’s participation in a n indefinite hunger strike. Using this highly publicized and symbolic even t, an attempt is made to draw public attention to Beijing’s hosting of t he 2008 Olympics. We see first hand Palden’s dedication to the cause, hi s mentoring of the young Tibetan hunger strikers, and his emotional recoll ections of lost comrades. Fire Under the Snow reveals the contours of an inspirational story: the survival of a mind and soul under unthinkable dur ess.\n\nMakoto Sasa was born in 1973 in Tokyo. In her childhood she was c aptivated by the images of Tibetan monks and the Himalayan mountains on TV , and Tibet has affected her ever since. She studied Media at Keio Univer sity in Japan then moved to New York City in 1998. After receiving an M.A. in Media Studies from The New School University, she made several short d ocumentaries and worked as an assistant editor for Going Under (2004), Lov e (2005), and The City (2007). She was the editor and associate producer for a feature documentary about a Japanese photographer which won the Best Editing Award at the Honolulu International Film Festival and the Audienc e Award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. In 2005 the influenc e of Tibetan Buddhism and Palden Gyatso’s story began to harmonize durin g her most difficult days in NYC. She then embarked on her own feature doc umentary Fire Under the Snow.\n\nRESERVATIONS REQUIRED DUE TO BUILDING SEC URITY. ALL NAMES MUST BE ON GUEST LIST.\nPLEASE RSVP VIA EMAIL info@nyemmy s.org or call 212-459-3630 ext. 200\n \nProduced &\; Moderated by Sumne r Jules Glimcher\n\n\n\n\n--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registrati on.Event details subject to change. ---\n\n--- By Tendenci - The Open Sour ce AMS for Associations ---\n UID:uid391@nyemmys.org SUMMARY:Meet the Filmmaker: Makoto Sasa DTSTART:20091022T180000Z DTEND:20091022T200000Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20260407T110235Z TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 LOCATION:NY NATAS X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Event Title: Meet the Filmmaker: Makoto Sasa

https://www.nyemmys.org/events/391/
When: Oct 22, 2009 14:00 PM US/Eastern
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NY NATAS
1375 Broadway, Suite 2103
New York, NY 10018
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Meet the Filmmaker: Makoto Sasa
“Fire Under the Snow”

Date: Thursday, Octob er 22, 2009
Location: NY NATAS, 1375 B roadway, Suite 2103
< span style="font-family: Georgia">Reception: 6:00-6: 30 PM ~ Program: 6:30-8:00 PM
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*Free to Members!
$15 for those without curren t membership
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Arrested by the Chinese Communist Army in 1959, Tibetan mon k Palden Gyatso spent 33 years in prisons and labor camps for the “crime ” of peaceful demonstration. Tortured, starved and sentenced to hard lab or, he watched his nation and culture destroyed, his teachers, friends and family displaced, jailed or killed. Fire Under the Snow< /strong> covers Palden’s birth in 1933, and follows him through the Orwe llian nightmare that began with the Chinese invasion. It explores the esca lating cycle of interrogation and physical violation that ended decades la ter with Palden’s escape from Tibet and a cathartic meeting with His Hol iness the Dalai Lama in India. \; During his imprisonment, sometimes t he mere thought of being reunited with the Dalai Lama was a beacon of hope for Palden and other fellow prisoners. The film investigates the basis of Palden’s resilience, who claims that his faith in Buddhism and educatio n as a monk helped him survive. Despite the atrocities that befell him, he harbors no anger toward the Chinese and believes it is part of his “kar ma.” At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, we captured the entirety of P alden’s participation in an indefinite hunger strike. Using this highly publicized and symbolic event, an attempt is made to draw public attention to Beijing’s hosting of the 2008 Olympics. We see first hand Palden’s dedication to the cause, his mentoring of the young Tibetan hunger strike rs, and his emotional recollections of lost comrades. \; F ire Under the Snow reveals the contours of an inspirational story: the survival of a mind and soul under unthinkable duress.
Mak oto Sasa was born in 1973 in Tokyo. \; In her childhood she was captiv ated by the images of Tibetan monks and the Himalayan mountains on TV, and Tibet has affected her ever since. \; She studied Media at Keio Unive rsity in Japan then moved to New York City in 1998. After receiving an M.A . in Media Studies from The New School University, she made several short documentaries and worked as an assistant editor for Going Under ( 2004), Love (2005), and The City (2007). \; She was the editor and associate producer for a feature documentary about a Japane se photographer which won the Best Editing Award at the Honolulu Internati onal Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Brooklyn International Fi lm Festival. \; In 2005 the influence of Tibetan Buddhism and Palden G yatso’s story began to harmonize during her most difficult days in NYC. She then embarked on her own feature documentary Fire Under th e Snow.

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