Journey of a Dream : Rock out for Tibet
I came across this incredible looking film via Heidi Minx’s Facebook wall and wanted to share it with you.
“Journey of a Dream” describes itself as “a heavy metal story of a Tibetan refugee” – that refugee being Shenpenn Khymsar who created this documentary as a means to tell the story of the Chinese occupation of Tibet through in a thoroughly modern and ear splitting way. Directed and produced by Shenpenn, it is his story of returning to his home in exile, Darjeeling, India after a decade of residing in the West and his journey to breathe life into the rock music scene of this region. The film profiles many rock musicians as well as spiritual leaders from Tibet so the middle way is well maintained here!
Journey of a Dream from JOURNEY OF A DREAM movie on Vimeo.
Shenpenn’s message:
The vision behind this film is to raise more awareness of Tibet’s sad situation under the Chinese government in a way that has never been done before by a Tibetan along with advocating and defending the very misunderstood genre of heavy metal which society is very judgemental about. Being a Tibetan refugee and finding peace through heavy metal gave me a new outlook towards everything in life, it became my outlet and the best way to deal with the inner demons. The illegal occupation of Tibet has been going on for many decades now and the way most of the developed and powerful nations are cow towing to the Chinese government is a very scary situation that we are creating for our selves and the future of the free world. As the director of this film my intention is to make people realize that Tibet’s independence is not just a fair cause but also very crucial for world peace and humanity. I have tried to create an artistic and entertaining way to arc the story in the film without losing its underlined message which being “why be mainstream and succumb to the norms when we all can make a difference?”.
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