The Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet (1998)

• 72%
• 1998
• Documentary
• Tenzing Sonam
• Ritu Sarin

The Tibetan people are well known for being devoutly religious and peace-loving. Few, however, know that thousands of Tibetans took up arms against the invading forces of Communist China and for more than a decade waged a bitter and bloody guerrilla war of resistance. From the mid-1950s until 1969 the Tibetans were aided in their efforts by an unlikely ally: the CIA.