This documentary, directed and produced by Marie Louville, narrates the story of the life in prison of Ngawang Sangdrol, a Buddhist nun who was first jailed in 1990 at the age of eleven for her expressions of support for a free Tibet and the Dalai Lama.

She was also the youngest of the Singing Nuns of Drapchi Prison, a group of nuns whose plight became known to the outside world after they smuggled a recording of songs outside of prison in 1993. Ngawang Sangdrol was 23 years old at the time of her liberation and had spent half her life in prison. It is also the story of John Kamm, an American businessman who relinquished a successful business career to promote human rights in China, and who helped secure the release of Ngawang Sangdrol.

Nevenka Mattenet of the Dui Hua Foundation will be in Boise to present the film. She coordinated the US filming, and translated the movie into English earlier this year.

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This film examines the new wave of Communist Party crackdowns on Buddhism in Tibet, and depicts the growth of religious institutions in Tibet since the 1980s – and the Chinese governments increasing efforts to stop it.