Ngawang Choephel

Ngawang Choephel appears in the following:

Tibet in Song

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Ngawang Choephel, a Tibetan-born ethnomusicologist and filmmaker, was arrested while making a documentary about Tibetan folk music and culture under Chinese rule. After being charged with espionage by Chinese authorities and spending seven years in prison, he was released and soon returned to finishing his film. Today, Choephel talks about his ordeal, and about the last vestiges of Tibetan folk music, as featured in his film Tibet in Song.

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