”Fire Under the Snow PAL DVD is coming soon! (Late Aug - Sep)
PAL version includes: Spanish, French, Italian, German, English, English for Hearing Impaired, Chinese (Traditional, Simplified) subtitles!!
June 10, 2010 Precious Metal the blog
DVD Review on Fire Under the Snow
September 19, 2008 Dialogic Film School
Makoto Sasa on Fire Under the Snow
August 26, 2008 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER REVIEW
A harrowing and inspiring personal account of political activism and persecution.
A festival for Oscar hopefuls works the docs
August 11, 2008 SALON.com
Is torture an Olympic event? After 33 years of abuse and imprisonment, one Tibetan monk says no to the Beijing Olympics -- and to the Dalai Lama's accommodation with tyranny.
August 11, 2008 Radio Free Asia
Film Profiles Activist Monk
August 9, 2008 ABC NEWS
China's Other Face Revealed: Documentary Traces Tibetian Monk's Story of 33 Years Under Torture, Imprisonment
August 8, 2008 NY DAILY NEWS REVIEW
Be warned: The opening ceremonies for the 2008 Olympics might look a ≠little different if you see Makoto Sasa's disturbing documentary
August 2008 IDA: Meet the Filmmakers
Makoto Sasa--'Fire Under the Snow'
August 7-13, 2008 TIME OUT NEW YORK REVIEW
FUTS gets 4 STARS!
Daniel E. Slotnik describes the film and interviews director Makoto Sasa ("His story made me think my problem is nothing") and Producer Maura Moynihan ("He speaks for the dead, for the tortured, for the incarcerated, for the silenced").
Variety Magazine reviewer Ronnie Scheib calls Fire Under the Snow "well-crafted" in this review.
Film bares Tibetan's 33 years in cell, torture
New York City - In a segment titled Tibet's Fight for Religious Freedom, Father Edward Beck today interviewed Ven. Palden Gyatso and Maura Moynihan on national TV.
April 30,2008 NTDTV
Tibetan Buddhist Monk's Documentary Reveals CCP's Atrocities
April 28, 2008 NEW YORK POST ONLINE
Get a glimpse of the Tribeca Film Festival film that conveys the sentiments of a Tibetan Monk who protests China's hosting of the 2008 Olympics.
16 Apr 2008 - "Harlem Honey" Bevy Smith puts Fire Under the Snow on her "extremely short list of MUST SEES," proclaiming that the film takes "Reverend Al’s mantra of 'No Justice, No Peace' to another level!"
April 13, 2008 New York Magazine
Top 9 Pick by New York Magazine
13 Apr 2008 - New York Magazine wrote: "...Gyatso's unwavering faith in the face of horrific circumstances would make for essential viewing in itself, but it couldn't be more relevant now: News coverage that takes you right up through the current global strife over the 2008 Olympics in Beijing bookends his story perfectly."
