The screening on 16 November will be followed by an online Q&A with the director Tenzin Sedon, moderated by Chris Berry (KCL).

Screening in partnership with King's College London, this is a rare chance to see this accomplished full-length documentary about daily life in Lhasa by Tibetan director Tenzin Sedon. She explains that 'in the film, three narratives are joined by place, time, and urban change, by filming ordinary people on the prayer road (Kora), I embarked on a journey to reconnect with my hometown.' 

Over the last two decades, a Tibetan New Wave has burst onto the filmmaking scene in China. Although male-dominated, there are more women filmmakers now. Tenzin Sedon’s other films include A Taste of Life (2014) and Takui Alley (2017-2019). A Road of Prayer was nominated for the Hot Docs Crosscurrents Doc Fund, the CCDF, and Docs Port Incheon. She is currently studying for her MFA at New York University’s famous Tisch School of the Arts.

This screening is in memory of Heather Yijiao Dong. Special thanks to Gu Wen for introducing us to Tenzin Sedon.