TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT
Free Tibet Now!
How do you tell horrific stories of torture and abuse while inspiring young people to get involved? The Milarepa Fund, organizers of the legendary Tibetan Freedom Concerts, hired Lappé to direct and produce a series of shorts about the plight of the Tibetan people to be shown on the JumboTrons at the organization’s Wembley Stadium concert. Lappé told the story of Palden Gyatso, a monk who, after spending more than 20 years in a Chinese prison, snuck back into the prison to smuggle out the torture devices used on him and others. Unfortunately, the London concert was canceled. But the film project was completed and seen around the world on the web and used at numerous fundraisers for groups such as Students for a Free Tibet.