Incense Broken... Country Lost is a celebration of the human spirit. For the first time on film, three generations of Tibet’s most dynamic and articulate women come together to share the wisdom that allows them to bridge their ancient and contemporary worlds, the sacred and the secular.

This is the account of women who have lost everything and then survived the perilous escape from Tibet across the high Himalayas. From their principal refuge in Dharamsala, India, to small settlements scattered across the globe, these women have become the architects and builders of the new Tibet. Their goal is singular--to impart to Tibetan children the strength and knowledge of their cultural heritage and spiritual wisdom.

Their story begins in Lhasa, on March 12, 1959, when unarmed Tibetan women came together to oppose the forced and violent occupation of their country by the Communist Chinese. During the following days, an estimated 15,000 women took to the streets and remained there until heavy shelling forced them to surrender. This event is now known as the Tibetan Women's Uprising. The surviving exiled elders are the last generation of women left to tell the story--and to transmit the cultural legacy they carry. They are the women who remember life before the Chinese occupation.

In Incense Broken...Country Lost, His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks candidly about the powerful significance of the women in his family and of his admiration and gratitude for his countrywomen in their fight for Tibet's freedom. We meet Tibetan elders, their daughters, and granddaughters as they continue working to develop schools, clinics, and community. We hear what it was for them to lose everything and begin anew, how they have transformed the brutality of invasion while facing the complex issues of the modern world. The story of these remarkable women spans past, present, and future.

Part of a unique film trilogy known as WOMEN OF TIBET produced by Frame of Mind Films, Incense Broken... Country Lost is an inspired hour-long journey into the spiritual power of peaceful resistance. The storytellers provide a universal link to an ancient philosophy that continues to have a profound impact on today's world.