 WOMEN OF TIBET: A QUIET REVOLUTION
is awarded a 2009 emmy®
for Historic/Cultural - Program/Special at the 38th ANNUAL 2008-2009 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards  It was a blessing to share such an auspicious evening with many dear friends and supporters, and for those who couldn't share our experience... Welcome to Our Night at the EMMYs® San Francisco’s downtown Palace Hotel, the Gold Ballroom, sparkling conversation and cocktails enliven the reception as precious friends and supporters arrive ready to celebrate our nomination. Everyone looks elegant in black tie and evening dress. Even I clean up pretty good! It is comforting to see familiar faces radiant with joy and good will. The excitement is palpable. Background chamber music provides a calming effect. Almost before we 'arrive' it is time to take our seats for the dinner and awards ceremony.
Behind the scenes, around a table of EMMY®s, organizers flutter and fuss as “Presenters in Waiting” hover before making their entrance to announce the next category's winner.  Lights dim as anticipation rises... Master of Ceremonies: Political comic Will Durst outlines the shape of things to come The atmosphere is electric, honorees and revelers alike can hardly contain their enthusiasm. With each course of food, the tension mounts, suspense builds and who cares about the food anyway, right?  And The Winner is... I hear our category called - Historic/Cultural - Program/Special then the name of our film "Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution" - Frame of Mind Films followed by the other three contenders: Assignment Africa - CBS 5, "Milk, The Man, The Movie" - CBS 5, "Betrayal: The Life and Art of Rudolf Bauer" - KRON 4 I hear the presenters talking about opening the envelope, "And the EMMY® goes to Women of... in my head, everything goes into slow motion, I hear a huge roar then nothing more until I am aware of someone nudging me, saying, "go on, you've got to go up..."  Shock does strange things and even though I might look as if I know what happened, it is all a surreal experience. I have no recollection of how I got on or off the stage or what happened between those two points. I am giddy with joy, and I am speechless. I find myself thinking that the real winners are the Tibetans yet I can't get my brain to connect with what is coming out of my mouth. I hear myself thinking that winning this award is true recognition that in their 50th year in exile, Tibetans in Tibet are not forgotten and one-day all Tibetans will be free to be Tibetans in Tibet. I see ABC 7's news anchor Cheryl Jennings beaming her congratulations up at me from the table directly in front of the podium, and I thank her for the story she did on our film at a time when I was trying to keep the project alive. And somehow I am now in front of a camera holding ...  The Golden Girl captivates everyone. Bottom left in clockwise order: Holly Hine, Bob Foley and Sunny Shine, Sondra Alexander, Will Parrinello (also a winner tonight) and Rosemary, Tenzin Tethong, Sondra Alexander, Peter McCandless.  It is truly an honor to have been awarded the EMMY® and I am excited for what the future holds for all of us, especially for the Tibetans. But Ooops, in all the excitement we missed capturing photos of all our special guests: from the Dalai Lama Foundation, Marsha Clark, Karen Schembs, and Jim Schuyler, and Armando Telles, Miriam's father. Next time! Photo Credit: June Zandona, Tsering Dorjee Bawa, and Pierre Schwob Footnote: Since this spectacular evening, I've given several interviews - two to Radio Free Asia, the first of which has already broadcast and been heard all over India, in Central Tibet, and in Kham in Eastern TIbet. (look for this image and click it to play the interview in Tibetan)  The response from the Tibetan Community has been phenomenal. You can read some of the messages that began to arrive once news of the EMMY® was announced. My profound gratitude to Peter, Miriam and everyone involved in the making of Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution. And thank YOU for all your good wishes, support, and encouragement over the past 10 years.  Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution CREDITS Executive Producer Rosemary Rawcliffe Produced, Directed & Written by Rosemary Rawcliffe Co-Writers Catherine Butler & Miriam Telles Editor Miriam Telles Director of Photography Peter McCandless Re-Recording Mixer Paul James Zahnley, C.A.S. Disher Music & Sound Original Music by Michael Becker with guest Tsering Dorjee Bawa Title Design by Deborah Ross Film Design Title Animation Robert Vega Additional Camera Joy Quigley & June Zandona Camera Assistant Aram Fischer & June Zandona Post Production Associate Lencsi Angel Researchers Lisa Hartjens & Linda Milks On-Line Facility Video Arts, Inc. SF On-Line Editor Jonathan Vargo Jesse Spencer Colorist Ed Rudolph Motion Graphics Ben Kopman Archival Photo Retouching June Zandona Production Associates Lencsi Angel, June Zandona, Aram Fischer, Catherine Nightingale Translations Tenzin Bhuchung, Pema Chogkhan, Tseten Choden Tenzin Ngodup, Tenzin Sherab, Nyima Wangmo Dolma Tsering Teykhang, Dawa Dorjee Transcripts Frako Loden, Aram Fischer PBS Distribution Consultant Cynthia Zeiden – Zeiden Media Legal & Financial Consultant Jim Jourdonnais Jim Jourdonnais & Associates Production Accounting Padma Holland Interns Lencsi Angel, June Zandona, Catherine Nightingale, Aram Fischer, Special Thanks His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Jetsun Pema, Rinchen Khando Choegyal, Ama Adhe Tapontsang, Dolma Tsering Teykhang Kasang Takla, Tseten Choeden & Simon Schneiter and Rinchen, Sonam, and Trinley Schneiter, Samdup Dolma, Pema Chogkhan, Tenzin Peldon Prison Sequences Tashi Dolma & Tenzin Dasang Subhar Universal Newsreel Narration Josh Lebowitz India - Production Consultants Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam - White Crane Films Travel – Pema Wangchuk Stills, Stock & Archival Footage Rinchen Khando Choegyal, Jetsun Pema, Khedroob Thondup, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Central Tibetan Administration, Tibetan Museum & DIIR – Dharamsala, Norbulingka Institute - Suligar, National Archives, William Bacon Productions, Monsal Pekar Desal, Home Planet Productions, Garthwaite & Griffin Films, Inc Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zuerich Heinrich Harrer, Bureau de Tibet - Paris, BFI – National Archive, Tseten & Simon Schneiter, Michael Chen Permission for the use of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s image courtesy of the Private Office of His Holiness, Dharamsala, India Thanks to everyone at The Dalai Lama Foundation, CA Kashmir Cottage - Dharamsala Tibetan Children’s Village - Dharamsala Nobulingka Handicraft Center - Suligar Tibetan Handicraft Center, Tibetan Museum Reception Center - McLeod Ganj Tibetan Institute of the Performing Arts Voice of Tibet Hotel Tibet, McLeod Ganj Tibetan Day School - Gopalphur, Advisors & Consultants Rinchen Khando Choegyal, Tenzin Choegyal, Tenzin Namgyal Tethong, Tenzin Taklha, Tenzin Geyche Tethong Dr. Martin Brauen, Simon Normanton, Jan Faull Marilyn Fowler & the Women’s Intercultural Network for providing Fiscal Sponsorship in part We wish to acknowledge the following individuals without whose generous support this project would not have been possible Saurin Sunny Shine, Joan and Bill Porter, Lynn Hays, Sondra Alexander, Marisla Foundation, Pamela Krasney, Sheryl Leach, The Pacific Pioneer Fund, Aleksandar Totic, Pierre Schwob, Chinese Women's Assn. of America Very Special thanks Sondra Alexander, Lori and Bob Warmington, Dori Caillouette, Marilyn Sutton, Dulcie and Larry Kugelman, Mary Fischer, Jane Bruce, Sally Fisher, Ellen Bruno, Wayne & Gayle Van Dyck, Leni Miller, Cate Hunter, Louise Wilkinson, Caroline Pick, Bettina Gray, Jennifer Harrington, Cathie Du Chene, Cherie Porter, Denise and David Weinstein, Tenzin Tethong, Marsha Clark, Angeles Arrien, Margery Gibbons Farrar, Signe Shaw, Winston Ching, Therese Stacy, Tony and Linda Hoeber, Anam Thubten Rinpoche, Carla Charny, Sharon Baggett, Michelle Jordan, Jetsun Chimey Luding, Steve Opson, Andrew Harvey, Ruth Moen, Deyden Thethong, Robin Garthwaite, Dan Griffin, Annie McCaffry, Mary Anne McCabe, Janet Thompson, Eva Najberg, David Milne, Steve Pappas, Thrinley Di Marco, Peter and Stephanie Coyote, Peter McCandless, Aram Fischer, Miriam Telles, Catherine Butler, Catherine Nightingale, June Zandona, Lencsi Angel, Maria Sundeen, Will Parrinello, Tom Piozet, Diane Lee, Jean Schulz, Charlene Harvey, Cheryl Jennings, Davy Davidson, Nancy Kittle And thanks to our many anonymous supporters for their kindness and generosity. 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