Nowhere To Call Home tells the powerful story of Zanta, a Tibetan woman who moved to Beijing against the wishes of her in-laws so that her young son could get an education. The movie screening will be followed by a Skype interview and question period with Director Jocelyn Ford.
Nowhere To Call Home premiered in the U.S. at the Museum of Modern Art, and in China as the inaugural film at the opening of the new Center for Documentary Studies in Beijing. It has been invited to screen for Xinhua News Agency editors, and at a half dozen educational institutions, including Peking University, Renmin University, and Minzu University.The film has been garnering an extraordinary track record of acclaim from both Tibetans and Han Chinese in the PRC, with a leading anthropologist describing the film as “very important for inspiring our imagination on modern China’s transformation.” Nowhere To Call Home was awarded a jury special mention at the Millenium Documentary Film Festival in Belgium.