[Discussion-AZC] movie shout out

[Emily Hoyt]

Dear Sangha,
This looked quite interesting, anyone interested in going?

Emily

*Wednesday, May 21, 7 p.m.*
*Third Coast Film Night at Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, "Angry Monk: Reflections
on Tibet"*
Gendun Choephel Gendun Choephel (1903-1951) is a legendary figure in Tibet,
not simply because he was believed to be the reincarnation of a famous
Buddhist lama but also because this promising young monk eventually turned
his back on monastic life and became a fierce critic of his country's
religious conservatism, cultural isolationism and reactionary government.
After leaving the monastery in 1934, and fueled by his intellectual
curiosity and free-spirited nature, Choephel began extensive travels
throughout Tibet and India in order to understand the true political history
of his country.
ANGRY MONK provides both a personal and political portrait of this
pioneering and visionary intellectual who was also a smoking, drinking and
sexually active man who renounced the "false duty of monastic obligations."
The film traces the biography and historic times of Choephel, who lived
between the British colonial invasion of 1903 and the occupation by the
Chinese army in 1951.
In addition to rare archival footage, Choephel's paintings and sketches, and
contemporary scenes of many of the sites he visited, the documentary
features interviews with Tibetan historians, scholars, writers, poets, a
travel companion, a contemporaneous British diplomat, and Choephel's wife.
Their commentary and reminiscences chronicle the major phases of Choephel's
life, including his monastery education in Lhasa (1927-34), his journey
across Tibet (1934-1938), his journey throughout India (1938-1946), and his
return to Tibet (1946-1951).
Choephel's many writings include a guide book to Buddhist holy sites in
India, a Tibetan translation of the Kama Sutra, and a political history of
Tibet published posthumously. He also wrote articles for an expatriate
newspaper that criticized Tibet as a political, cultural and scientific
backwater, which in 1946 led the Tibetan government to imprison Choephel for
three years as a political subversive. Today Choephel is a revered figure in
his Chinese-occupied homeland, and an influential symbol of hope for those
seeking political and spiritual reform in a free Tibet.
"Absorbing... a very useful perspective on recent Tibetan history."
-- *The Vancouver Sun*
"Excellent... The film not only sheds light on a most unique personality. It
also is an excellent introduction to Tibetan culture and politics."
-- Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist
*Location:* Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, at the newly renovated Ritz Theater
location, 320 E. 6th Street
Tickets - $8.25 general / $6 student, senior - are available at the door or
online at http://www.originalalamo.com/Show.aspx?id=5374
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