Digital Dharma Films

Wow. What a whirlwind it has been! Here is an incomplete list of some of the locations and people we have filmed thus far:

• Interview: Laurel Sutherlin (1 of the 3 activists from Golden Gate Bridge Banner Action) – 4/3/08
• “March To Tibet” Fundraiser at 1015 Folsom – 4/6/08
• Interview: Kunsang Kelden (Students for Free Tibet International Board of Directors) studentsforafreetibet.org – 4/6/08
• Golden Gate Bridge Banner Action/Protest – 4/7/08
• Interview: Karsh Kale karshkale.com – 4/7/08
• Interview: Robin Goodfellow (CYPHERTOWN) facebook.com/pages/Cyphertown – 4/7/08
• “Tibet Freedom Torch” Ceremony @ United Nations Plaza, SF – tibetanfreedomtorch.org – 4/8/08
• “Tibet Candlelight Vigil” with Richard Gere, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and others at U.N. Plaza, SF – 4/8/08
• Interview: Karen Garfinkle solutionsinaction.com – 4/8/08
• S.F. Olympic Torch Protest – 4/9/08
• Interview: Duane Martinez (1 of the 3 activists from Golden Gate Bridge Banner Action) – 4/9/08
• Interview: Tenzin Tsundue friendsoftibet.org/tenzin – McLeodgnaj, India
• Children & Students Candlelight Vigil & Procession- McLeodganj, India
• Ongoing Hunger Strike – McLeodganj, India – 4/14/08
• Interview: Mary Gendler (ANEC – Active Non-Violence Education Center) McLeodganj, India 4/15/08
• Interview: John Powers (Author – “History as Propaganda-Tibetan Exiles Vs the People’s Republic of China“) McLeodganj, India 4/16/08
• Tibetan Freedom Torch – Delhi, India tibetanfreedomtorch.org – 4/17/08
• March To Tibet – Press Conference and March Delhi, India tibetanuprising.org – 4/18/08
• Gandhi Memorial and Museum, Delhi, India – 4/18/08
• Interview: Pema Richardson (Tibetan-American) (Media Team of March to Tibet) Delhi, India tibetanuprising.org – 4/18/08
• Interview: 6 ex-political prisoners (Tibetan Monks) – 4/20/08
• Sherbling Tibetan Buddhist Monastary Palampur, India – 4/22/08
• Interview: Wangdu (Tibetan Exile) – 4/23/08
• Interview: Urgen Tenzin (Director, Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy) www.tchrd.org/ 4/24/08
• Students at T.I.P.A – (Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts) tibetanarts.org – 4/25/08
• Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche – (Prime Minister of Tibetan Government-in-Exile) www.tibet.com – 4/25/08
• Interview: Kyizom Tsam (Tibetan) (ANEC – Active Non-Violence Education Center) – 4/27/08
• Dali Lama’s arrival - McLeodganj, India – 4/28/08
• Tibetan Women singing freedom songs – Sewing Cooperative McCleodganj, India
• Buddhist Monks Debating at McLeodganj Monastery – 4/28/08
• Interview: Dhardon Sharling (Research and Media – Tibetan Woman’s Association) tibetanwomen.org – 4/28/08
• Buddhist Nuns Debating at Geden Choeling Nunnery, McLeodganj http://gedenchoelingnunnery.org/ – 4/28/08
• Interview: Tibetan Youth Congress tibetanyouthcongress.org Mcleodganj, India
• Tibetan Children Kindergarten Mcleodganj, India

Please watch and forward our new Video! Our goal is to get 50,000 views in 48 hours on YouTube so that our film will become listed on the “Daily Most Watched” page -thereby allowing us the possibility to reach millions of viewers! Please watch our new video “Time to Know the Truth” and forward to your friends!

Personal Note from Tom Sepe:

My first day in India, and I was already overewhelmed… but not in a bad way. I was delighted and amused and feeling alive and fully charged up for the task at hand. Of course I had no idea what I was getting myself into! The next three weeks was a whirlwind of interviews and video shoots and running around and jumping on taxis and trains and busses (ok so we missed our train but that’s another story) – Protests and candle-light vigils, and monks chanting and schoolchildren grabbing our shirts and mule carts and tuk tuks and temples and heat and rain and sun and sore feet! Plus a cascade of amazing connections and friendships that have only just begun!

And as I’ve now returned from India.. and am looking at the 40 video tapes in front of me… and thinking about months of editing.. I am really asking myself.. “What have I gotten myself into!!! But I’m still ecstatic and inspired. I feel incredibly lucky to be taking on this project. I’m really hoping that we get some funding (as I’ve spent just about every last dime on this project at this point!) and we are working on a promo video and written proposals toward that goal. I’m very optimistic.

Dear Friends and Supporters,

1. Return From India
2. Announcing Our New Website: www.digitaldharmafilms.org
3. Fundraising!
4. How You Can Help – Connections & Donations
5. Infrastructure Creation
6. Milestones: Events Locations & Interviews We Filmed
7. THANK YOU!

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1) Return from India:

Andrea and I have returned from an incredibly successful trip in India and I wanted to share with you the milestones we have achieved and the current and future plans of our film project. We are deeply grateful with how magical this trip has unfolded; from the tremendous support from our community, to the incredible connections that arose in the Tibetan Exile community.

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