First time filmmaker Lara Damiani quit her job, sold clothes and furniture, maxed out several credit cards, used her life savings, grabbed a camera and embarked on a journey across India, Tibet and Beijing, interviewing the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Prime Minister in Exile, Chinese dissident and pro democracy activist Wei Jingsheng, former political prisoners who've spent up to 27 years in prison and many more.

Through the eyes of the Dalai Lama and exiled Tibetans in 2007 and 2008, Tibet's Cry for Freedom explores both past and present in Tibet's long suffering non-violent freedom struggle. Discover the truth about Tibet's history and ponder the future of a nation whose time is fast running out. Tibet’s Cry for Freedom tells the history of Tibet from the time of the Chinese occupation through to the uprisings in Tibet that shocked the world in March 2008. Hear about human rights abuses, political persecution and the environmental destruction of this land known as “The Roof of the World”.