Most Popular Tenzin Phuntsog Trailers
Total trailers found: 10
Achala Trailer (2023)
16 February 2023
It showcases a personal message between the artist's mother and her sister. They discuss keeping in touch through pictures, which represents a form of exchange for their monitored communications.
Dreams Trailer (2022)
03 March 2022
Single-channel video in which the artist's parents go to sleep on a single mattress on the floor — akin to the one they used when first arriving in the US — within an empty photo studio.
Summer Grass Trailer (2023)
18 February 2023
On a Typical day on the sunny grasslands of Tibet, offering a rare glimpse of daily life shared between two family members that have been separated for over 40 years.
Next Life Trailer (2025)
09 July 2025
Next Life tells the story of a Tibetan family seeking moments of “temporary happiness” while living in exile in suburban America.
Rituals of Resistance Trailer (2019)
28 July 2019
A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations.
A Singing Blade Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
A fictional short that takes its inspiration from Black Yamari, a thangka in the Rubin Museum’s collection.
Father Mother Trailer (2023)
18 February 2023
A 2-channel-video on feelings around familial expressions of care, language, identity, and memories of and longing for a lost homeland, which are expressed unspoken.
Pure Land Trailer (2022)
03 March 2022
Builds a loose narrative around a long distance conversation between a young Tibetan-American man and his Tibetan-born mother.
Dancing Boy Trailer (2023)
18 February 2023
It showcases a joyful moment of a child dancing to a contemporary Tibetan song in a Tibetan home. The boy looks straight at the camera humorously and charmingly.
