There have been many documentaries about the invasion and subsequent ethnic cleansing of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, but the power of this documentary by Francois Prevost and Hugo Latulippe is that it allows ordinary people in Tibet to talk to the outside world about their struggle and hopes.

Kalsang Dolma, a feisty young Tibetan woman who has found refuge in Quebec, smuggled into Tibet a videotaped message from the Dalai Lama calling for continuing peaceful resistance. The filmmakers taped Tibetans' reactions before, during and after playing the message back on a portable video recorder.

The simple idea has a powerful effect, releasing a mixture of sadness, amazement, tears of joy, and hope as, often bowed in humility, with hands clasped, young and old, absorb the Dalai Lama's inspirational words.

For some of the elders listening, it is the first time they have seen him in half a century. Considering the film was shot secretively on a small DV camera it's well put together, and brings home the remarkable resilience of this simple people under conditions of such pervasive oppression.