Wonderful news. Radiohead have given us permission to use one of their most haunting tracks - haunting even by Thom Yorke’s standards - and it really adds to the overall effect of the film. Check out the new trailer at http://www.theunwinkinggaze.com to see how.
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Avaaz.org have come up with an interesting event. They are creating a human chain from the Royal Albert Hall when the Dalai Lama comes to town to give a public talk, all the way to the Chinese Embassy, over 2 miles. The Avaaz petition will be handed over to the Chinese Embassy at around 4.30pm when the human chain reaches its destination.
Check http://www.avaaz.org/en/give_peace_a_hand_london/?cl=89569812 for more info.
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Picturehouse Cinemas have now confirmed some of the venues for the screenings of The Unwinking Gaze from the 29th May including:- the Gate Cinema, Notting Hill; The Ritzy, Brixton; Greenwich Picturehouse; Clapham Picturehouse; Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh; Harbour Lights Cinema, Southampton; Little Theatre Cinema, Bath; Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford; Picturehouse, Exeter; Belmont Picturehouse, Aberdeen; Cinema City, Norwich; and City Screen, York.
Please go to http://www.picturehouses.co.uk for screening times. Please tell everyone you know about these screenings as the more successful the showing, the more impact we will have. -
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Well, Wednesday was an interesting evening, showing the film in the seat of power in Westminster. It seemed to go well with all MPs present amazed at how we still haven’t got a UK broadcaster. Anyway they have asked for it to be shown again, which may be unprecedented.
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Much has happened over the last couple of weeks. Chinese have agreed to meet with the Dalai Lama’s representatives which I am sure they hope will get the world off their back. Interesting how they announced it. Through Xinhua, without having notified the Tibetan side. I wouldn’t say I am an expert in political disputes but I don’t think it is a very good start. Nevertheless contact is better than no contact but it feels a little fishy. There is so much distrust on both sides that little things like the way they announce it really do make a difference.
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On youtube, so go check ‘em!
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To understand the complexity of this issue - that there is much more than one perspective that needs to be levelled on this issue, please take a moment and read this
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/foreign/richardspencer/april08/teacherbaicomestolondon.htm
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Just checked on BBC website and it leads with her ambush on the Olympic route. Wonder whether it was planned. Anyway her soundbite carried the day so at least she was able to make some comment regarding human rights. Tough for the police though. Damned if they do, and probably damned if they don’t. Not sure I could say the same about Gordon Brown, though who rather feebly excused his lack of a decision on the boycott question on the fact the Dalai Lama wasn’t asking for one.
Surely it would be better if he made a decision because he thought it was the right or wrong thing as opposed to ’delegating’ the responsibility to the Dalai Lama.
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I think this could be a fast moving story. The question is whether the Chinese government are going to be able to withstand the pressure over the next five months. Have a look at this statement from the Dalai Lama. I wouldn’t exactly say he is pulling his punches but he is reiterating, more than once, the importance of keeping to non-violence - I think this is very politically astute as he must keep the sympathy of the world with him and non-violence is the way to do that. Witness the efforts of the Chinese state media in trying to refocus the attention on the violence from the riots.
So the Dalai Lama is keeping the 9 member Chinese politburo on the backfoot. Question is how will they react? Incidentally I think a boycott of the Olympics could well backfire, making the Tibetans hated in an already febrile nationalistic atmosphere. And lets face it, this issue is going to take a long time (way past the Olympics) to sort out.
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We are the number one story on Variety. Can’t do better than that!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983500.html?categoryId=19&cs=1&nid=3078
