Battle for Tibet (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

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FRONTLINE investigates China’s rule over Tibet, including how the Communist regime controls Tibet’s Buddhist population, and the battle over the succession of its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: https://www.pbs.org/donate​ It’s been 75 years since China invaded Tibet, the mountain territory it has long claimed as its own. China heavily restricts the international media’s access to the region. It insists that human rights are at their “historical best,” and that Tibetans’ religious freedoms are being protected, but the footage and first-person accounts from exiled Tibetan interviewees in FRONTLINE’s “Battle for Tibet” paint a different picture. The documentary investigates the Chinese Communist Party’s rule over the tightly-controlled territory and the struggle over the survival of Tibetan language, culture and religion. The film examines China’s branding of the Dalai Lama as an anti-China separatist, despite his repeated statements that he is no longer seeking Tibetan independence and would accept self-rule within China — and explores China’s pursuit of a campaign to choose his successor. China insists that life in Tibet is “significantly better” for the people there because of its rule, which it says must continue. “Battle for Tibet” is a Hardcash production with GBH/FRONTLINE and ITV. The director and producer is Gesbeen Mohammad. The senior producers are Dan Edge and Eamon

Published 2025-02-19 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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