Digital Dharma

Digital Dharma

One Man's Mission to Save a Culture

In 1959 — Red Army soldiers invade Tibetan villages, destroying homes and temples. Fleeing refugees leave behind countless artifacts — the last evidence of an ancient culture.

In the shadow of the foreboding Himalayas, a small band stands on a ledge. Their lives, their families, and their history depend on a successful escape. Hidden securely in their packs is documentation of a culture that is heading for extinction. Carrying centuries of philosophy, religion, science and art, they cling to a precipice, inching toward the future.

Can one man, a Mormon from Utah, who would do everything possible to keep from going to war... start a quiet revolution against the obliteration of a culture not his own?

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