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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = A Song for Tibet<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Anne Henderson (filmmaker)|Anne Henderson]]<br />
| producer = Anne Henderson <br />Ali Kazimi <br />Kent Martin<br />
| writer = Erna Buffie <br />Anne Henderson<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = <br />
| music = Neil Smolar<br />
| cinematography = [[Ali Kazimi]] <br />Pierre Landry <br />Lynda Pelley<br />
| editing = Anne Henderson <br />
| studio = [[Arcady Films]], [[DLI Productions]] and the [[National Film Board of Canada]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 1991<br />
| runtime = 57 minutes<br />
| country = Canada<br />
| language = English<br />
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'''''A Song for Tibet''''' is a 1991 Canadian short documentary film about efforts of [[Tibetans in exile]], led by the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], to free their homeland and preserve their heritage. Directed by [[Anne Henderson (filmmaker)|Anne Henderson]], and produced by Abbey Neidik, Ali Kazimi and Kent Martin, ''A Song for Tibet'' received the Award for Best Short Documentary at the [[13th Genie Awards]] as well as the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary Film at the [[Hawaii International Film Festival]].<ref name="playback">{{cite news|title=PBS telecourse curriculum highlights The Directors|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2002/02/18/qsc-20020218/|accessdate=26 January 2011|newspaper=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]|date=18 February 2002}}</ref> The film was co-produced by [[Arcady Films]], [[DLI Productions]] and the [[National Film Board of Canada]].<ref name=Gagne>{{cite journal|last=Gagne|first=MaryLynn|title=A SONG FOR TIBET|journal=Canadian Materials|date=May 1993|volume=21|issue=3|url=http://umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol21no3/vidtibet.html|publisher=Manitoba Library Association}}</ref> [[Ali Kazimi]] was [[director of photography]].<ref name=Hindustan>{{cite news|title=Internationally acclaimed film to be screened in city |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/66638.aspx |accessdate=26 January 2011 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=13 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020143859/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/66638.aspx |archivedate=20 October 2012 }}</ref><ref name=coll>{{cite web|title=A Song for Tibet|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=26013|work=Collection|publisher=[[National Film Board of Canada]]|accessdate=26 January 2011}}</ref><br />
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The film focuses on two Tibetans in exile in Canada: [[Thubten Samdup]], who escaped from Tibet after the 1959 uprising against the Chinese, who teaches traditional performing arts in [[Montreal]] and heads the Canada-Tibet Committee; and [[Dicki Chhoyang]], born in a refugee camp in India, who knows Tibet only through stories recounted by her parents. The film follows Dicki and Samdup from Montreal to [[Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh|Dharamshala]], [[India]] and also documents the Dalai Lama's first public appearance in Canada.<ref name=Gagne/><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.nfb.ca/film/a_song_for_tibet Watch ''A Song for Tibet'' at NFB.ca]<br />
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[[Category:Tibetan independence movement]]<br />
[[Category:Documentary films about Tibet]]<br />
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[[Category:1991 documentary films]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian short documentary films]]<br />
[[Category:National Film Board of Canada documentaries]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Montreal]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in India]]<br />
[[Category:Dharamshala]]<br />
[[Category:Documentary films about refugees]]<br />
[[Category:14th Dalai Lama]]<br />
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