Tibet: "Beijing 10" return to USA; new Tibet docu "Leaving Fear Behind."

Image above: bloggers, artists, and pro-Tibet activists James Powderly, Tom Grant, Mike Liss, Jeremy Wells and John Watterberg arriving at LAX airport. They and others were held in jail in China for having participated in pro-Tibetan sovereignty demonstrations during the Olympics. More here. (via natdefreitas)

Below, Leaving Fear Behind (in Tibetan: ‘Jigdrel’), a truly incredible documentary film shot by Dhondup Wangchen and other ethnic Tibetans from inside Tibet, about bringing Tibetan voices to the Beijing Olympic Games. This really is an amazing piece of filmmaking. Wangchen was jailed by authorities in China for making this film. Snip:

With the global spotlight on China as it rises to host the XXIX Olympics, Tibetans wish to tell the world of their plight and their heartfelt grievances against Chinese rule. The footage was smuggled out of Tibet under extraordinary circumstances. The filmmakers were detained soon after sending their tapes out, and remain in detention today.

Previously on Boing Boing blog:
* UPDATE: US citizens detained in Beijing over Tibet protests are released, returning home.
* Beijing and Tibet: GRL's James Powderly, Brian of "Alive in Baghdad, 4 other US citizens receive 10-day jail sentence
* Beijing update: New detentions, 6 US protesters missing, Tibetan protesters in Tibet reportedly shot dead.
* Beijing: "Alive in Baghdad" videoblogger among US citizens detained in pro-Tibet protests
* Beijing: Five US activists detained after lighting up "Free Tibet" LED Throwies banner near Olympics site
* GRL's James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet "L.A.S.E.R. Stencil" art protest

Related episodes of Boing Boing tv:
* BBtv (Beijing): interview with pro-Tibet videobloggers in hiding.
* BBtv WORLD (Tibet): Inside Lhasa
* Vlog (Xeni): Tibet report - monks forced to participate in staged videos.
* Vlog (Xeni): Tibet's uprising and the internet

• [Michiel]

  Hr’s qwstn: why dn’t ths mrcns g fx thr wn **** cntry frst? Plnty f prssn rght thr.

• [Petra]

  Our house is not actually made of glass.

  Correct; the composition of your house is more akin to tissue paper.

• [Antinous]

  Attention, please

  Boing Boing and BBTV have hosted numerous posts on the current situation in Tibet. Those comment threads have touched on many issues related to the current and past situation there. Here’s a list of some of the livelier discussions about this issue:

  Protest inside Tibet captured on tourists’ cameras

  Police attack peacefully protesting monks in Tibet

  Tibet: more deaths, injuries in Lhasa as crackdown grows

  Tibet: China blocks YouTube, protests spread, bloggers react

  Tibet: nearly 1,000 jailed in Lhasa, Dalai Lama offers to resign

  To do in SF – Tibet rally on April 8, Richard Gere, Desmond Tutu

  Photo of pro-Tibet protest on Golden Gate Bridge

  And of course, the most current posts:

  Beijing: Five US activists detained after lighting up “Free Tibet” LED Throwies banner near Olympics site

  GRL’s James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet “L.A.S.E.R. Stencil” art protest

  Beijing: “Alive in Baghdad” videoblogger among US citizens detained in pro-Tibet protests

  Beijing update: New detentions, 6 US protesters missing, Tibetan protesters in Tibet reportedly shot dead.

  BBtv WORLD (Tibet): Inside Lhasa

  Beijing and Tibet: GRL’s James Powderly, Brian of “Alive in Baghdad, 4 other US citizens receive 10-day jail sentence

  UPDATE: US citizens detained in Beijing over Tibet protests are released, returning home.

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  Thank you for making this a lively, civil and compassionate discussion about the plight of the Tibetan people.

• [reesemlm]

  that picture looks like the locker room after the superbowl. guess they got what they wanted?

• [martha_macarthur]

  Thank you for sharing “Leaving Fear Behind” I think this is one of the best, most moving things I have seen anywhere in some time.

• [Rider]

  Guess we are not allowed to comment in this thread either.

• [mdhatter]

  why don’t those Americans go fix their own **** country first?

  We don’t need to be perfect in order to criticize. Our house is not actually made of glass.

  Even with the mote in our eye, we can still see what you did there.

• [boingaddict]

  to no.3, so that makes it ok to happen if another country is experiencing it? That’s a pretty weak argument. Alot of things has to change everywhere not just in China.

• [Takuan]

  @3
  I expect that if you asked these people they would tell you they oppose murder and torture in the USA as well.