Title: Windhorse
Director: Paul Wagner
Year: 1998
Country: USA
Language: English, Tibetan
Genre: Drama
Duration: 97 minutes
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism
Theme: Human rights
Synopsis: In a remote village in the Tibetan Himalayas, three cousins —Dorjee, his sister Dolkar, and Pema— witness the murder of their grandfather by Chinese soldiers. Years later, in Lhasa, their lives have taken different paths: Dolkar becomes a pop singer and embraces Chinese culture, Dorjee develops a deep hatred toward the Chinese government, and Pema becomes a Buddhist nun. Their destinies cross again when Pema is arrested for participating in protests against the Chinese government, drawing her cousins into the dangerous world of Tibetan resistance.
