Women of Tibet: The Sacred Marriage
The Sacred Marriage is a unique exploration of the radical changes women and men experience on the quest to become fully realized human beings. It delves into what it means to follow a spiritual path while re-examining traditional roles in the context of a 21st century filled with the demands of modern living.
-
Rosemary RawcliffeDirectorThe Great 14th, Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo - The Great Mother, Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution
-
Rosemary RawcliffeExecutive Producer
-
Rosemary RawcliffeProducer
-
Rosemary RawcliffeWriter
-
His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaKey Cast
-
Tendzin ChoegyalKey Cast
-
Rinchen Khando ChoegyalKey Cast
-
Angeles ArrienKey Cast
-
Matthew FoxKey Cast
-
Lama Palden DrolmaKey Cast
-
Khandro ChoechenKey Cast
-
Lhamo YudonmaKey Cast
-
Lhamo TseringmaKey Cast
-
Lama Tsultrim AllioneKey Cast
-
June ZandonaCamera
-
Peter McCandlessDirector of Photography
-
Holly HineAssociate Producer
-
Tom DisherComposer
-
Ibon OlaskoagaEditor/Colorist
-
Project Type:Documentary
-
Runtime:56 minutes 36 seconds
-
Production Budget:535,000 USD
-
Country of Origin:United States
-
Country of Filming:India, United States
-
Language:English, Tibetan
-
Shooting Format:Digital
-
Aspect Ratio:16:9
-
Film Color:Color
-
First-time Filmmaker:No
-
Student Project:No
Distribution Information
-
Frame of Mind FilmsDistributorCountry: WorldwideRights: All Rights
Founder of Frame of Mind Films, Rosemary Rawcliffe is an EMMY® award-winning consultant, executive producer, producer, and director with over 30 years of international experience in television, advertising, film, video, and theatrical production. A social entrepreneur, Rosemary combines a unique blend of creative vision and business acumen with the capacity to effectively oversee and guide an organization's creative and business facets. Her key strengths include conceptualizing and synthesizing innovative ideas, successful team leadership, project coordination, and timely and budget-friendly production delivery. As a humanitarian, Rosemary's dedication to creating films emphasizing human rights and prioritizing telling stories from the female perspective is unwavering. When Rosemary moved to the United States from her native England, she founded Frame of Mind Films to continue her passion for producing stories that witness truth, spirit, hope, and courage. Under her leadership, Frame of Mind Films continues to make a social impact with its EMMY® winning Women of Tibet series and, most recently, the EMMY® nominated production of The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama in His Own Words.
My interest in Tibet began many years ago as a student of Tibetan Buddhism. As I learned more about the culture and the role Tibetan women played in their community, I was compelled by the idea of producing a film that would explore their role in all aspects of Tibetan society. This idea was the genesis of A Quiet Revolution and began when I discovered the untold story of 15,000 women coming together in March 1959 to oppose the occupation of their country by the Communist Chinese army. In making this film I could see there was a story within a story that crossed 3 generations: from the women who were part of the uprising, and who were imprisoned or escaped following His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama into exile in India; the women who came of age rebuilding their culture in exile; and their daughters, born and raised in exile yet expected to carry a culture of a country they may never see.
In the process of producing A Quiet Revolution everyone spoke about the Dalai Lama’s mother, including the Dalai Lama, as being a force for good in the darkest of times. The importance of her role was not just as His Holiness’ mother, rather as a woman who inspired the strength to preserve culture, family, and tradition while in exile. This revelation lives at the heart of Gyalyum Chemo: The Great Mother and forced me to complete this film first. Marrying a rich and full life history with the universal Great Mother archetype, it took on a production life of its own.
All the material that sourced these two films presented me with the ability to see there was yet another film to be made. The Sacred Marriage, still in production, seeks to shed light on what happens when two primal forces, the Divine Feminine and the Sacred Masculine, begin to work together to create a more harmonious and peaceful world. Together these three films are the Women of Tibet film trilogy.
Underpinning all of this is a belief that if we allow the Tibetan culture to be lost, we will lose a part of our humanity. Tibetans are carrying the model for our collective humanity when it comes to creating a society based on peace and nonviolence. They’ve been doing it for almost sixty years in exile. If we lose that model, that possibility, how do we imagine we can create a world worth living in?