It appears Kundun is available on Popcorn Time and The Pirate Bay. Not condoning illegal activities- just pointing out that non-violent civil disobedience is your birth right.

I grew up with Disney movies but if Disney dies today i wont even bat an eye.

My friend in New York told me his uncle worked for the local Chinese government in Lhasa (Tibet). He is a Tibetan, somehow managed to get a hold of a old VSH tape of the film KUNDUN and watched it quietly. The Chinese government found out. They demoted him, took his family's ration card, and sentenced him to 3 years in prison plus 2 years of re-education. He even told me that having a picture of Dalai Lama could get you 5 years prison sentence. WOW!

I grew up in Boulder, CO, a hub of Tibetan Buddhism. I was one of the few who saw this in the theater. It is a beautiful film.

Telling me that something has been banned or suppressed makes me 10x more interested in watching it.

honestly, nowadays having your artistic endeavour banned is an even stronger advertisement than any marketing trick. Good to have you back FEE.

This movie holds very special for Tibetans. I am grateful for all involved in crafting this cinematic gem and you too.

Scorsese is a supernatural level filmmaker. The man is the most brilliant storyteller in his medium. It’s criminal this movie is buried

Imagine censoring a cultural and religious genocide that is well documented and footage isn’t hard to find. We all HAVE to watch this movie now

"Sometimes the most revolutionary thing you can do is simply watch a movie they don't want you to see", reminds me of The Man in The High Castle book which was published in 1962 and a recurring theme is the Nazi regime's fear of people seeing alleged films that showcase a world where the Nazi lost to the allies. Now in real life we have China hell bent on preventing people from seeing a historical film of their involvement in atrocities against Tibet.

Kundun deeply impacted my life during high school. I thank our professor at the time for exposing us to it. The class was titled Comparing Religions. It was a difficult time in my life, my interest in spirituality was on the rise, and my best friend had taken his life during. The noble nature of the new Dalai Lama as he gained knowledge and the visions of war an peril impacting his spirit were revealing. The movie helped me reconnect to mourn my best friend when I watched it for a second time, two years later.

I always loved this film, I had no idea it had been suppressed like this. The sky burial scene really stuck with me

China's influence and control in our culture today is inescapable. Thanks to figures like Kissinger and Eisner. Mao, the consummate practicioner of identity politics, only referred to other communists as "the people". As he had divided Chinese society into multiple identity groups. Some Chinese were referred to simply as "the enemy".

I watched this movie by sheer coincidence two years ago. Me and my parents were on vacation and I caught covid. I was so sick I couldn’t go out but, luckily, the Airbnb we stayed at had a gigantic film collection. I went through them as there was nothing else to do and among the films I watched was this one. Honestly I thought it was good. I didn’t even know about this controversy surrounding it and two years later KZfaq is randomly recommending this to me.

Thank you for making this kind of content! It's shocking to me, being born in the early 80s... I never thought in a million years that we would see the United States in any way shape or form "bend the Knee" so to speak to anybody, and that includes China.

Kudos for making such a brave video. And thanks for explaining why Kundun is the only Scorcese film that I haven't seen.

I saw this movie when I was 8 when it came out. My dad rented it from Blockbuster when that was still a thing. It changed the way I saw Buddhism and Politics forever!

I remember watching this in college. Very powerful movie back then. It was a time when Hollywood cared about real issues, now actors are silent about this... It's very telling about what Hollywood has become.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Seen it over 2000 times. True masterpiece.

I'm so grateful I was able to simply rent this from my local Arthouse dvd rental outlet in 2002. I just assumed it was niche, I didn't realise the backstory. Great movie.

This is awesome. I was concerned on where this channel would go without Out Of Frame, but I’ve been liking it so far 👍🏽

Damn, the return of long-form FEE content, i never thought i'd see the day...

China has absolutely no business trying to dictate what movies People in other Countries should and should not see!! The Disney Corporation should have grown a damn backbone by standing up to China and telling them to mind their own business.

Excellent, excellent production across just 35 minutes. Who wouldn't be impressed and deeply touched by this review of the Martin Scorsese film? When it comes to business, especially big business seeking big profits, ethics and integrity are easy to sacrifice.

Those apologies were prepared by someone who was well-versed in Chinese culture. Each word has its place and very specific meaning. Master class in capitulation.

Eisner is a coward. They should have reacted by trumpeting the release at the top of their lungs and making it the most hyped movie ever.

Thank you for this fascinating and informative video. Kundun is indeed a masterpiece, and it will go down in the history of film making as a truly significant work of socio-political art. Thank you, also, to Martin Scorsese for having the courage to bring this magnificent movie to life. We are eternally grateful to you.

Great video. I watched Seven Years in Tibet a couple of months ago in Netflix. I HAVE to watch this from Scorcese. What a legend him and Melissa. May Disney finally rot and die.

I watched this movie not long after it was released. I didn't realize just how special it was that I did.

Thank you for informing me about this movie. I’ve made it my life’s goal to find it and show it to as many people as I can. The story of Kundun needs to be heard more than ever now.

I was running a video store when Kundun was released. I thought it was amazing, and watched it several times. We had multiple copies available for rental. I am willing to bet anyone can find copies of this film, used, on Amazon or eBay.

I saw Kundun, more than once on TV. I think I'm lucky. I'm not a particular fan of Scorsese, but the film impressed me very much, despite of its rationalization, simplification and even stereotyping, it was not an easy movie to make.

A good reason why physical media is important. I guess I'll never see Kundun, unless it is out on "the high sea" of internet.

As a Indian Tibetan (not a Tibetan Refugee) his pronouncement of Tibetan words and names are perfect. PS Kundun is a name that Tibetans call HH Dalai Lama lovingly, and with respect..

One of my fave movies of all time. I always shared this with people. Film buffs were ones who were more privy to this gem. I just got it on Bluray a few months ago, highly, HIGHLY recommend this film. Great OST and cinematography, grade A.. Crazy, I bet the Bluray has a very limited print run.. Only one I seen on faabay is already hitting over a hundo.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. No matter the person or culture its always the same

No wonder. As a teen in the 90's I was surprised why Disney made Mulan. That seems out of character at the time.

I saw this movie when I was maybe 10 years old. I had no idea that it was so hard to watch nowadays--thank you for making this.

I didn’t think I could dislike Disney any more than I already did. Then I watched this video.

When whole world was silent india took action, Dali lama is here here. And so are thousands of Tibetan people but instead of making them refuge indian government gave them citizenship and land. But we hope that one they can return to their own land with their own leader and meet their families. Hope that day comes soon. Indian will forever support "free tibet".

So frustrating that we, the US, allowed a fascist country to dictate what we would and wouldn't do, all in the name of money. Also, I found the film on KZfaq for free. It's linked from a channel called, "Tibet, The Lost World".

The human compacity to turn a blind eye to evil acts for profits is heart breaking.

I managed to rent Kundun as a DVD from a Video Ezzy shop in New Zealand over 14 years ago. It's a beautiful film but also has a sad story. Learnt a good deal about the film's troubled release.

"Kundun" is brilliant. The last window to look into the wonderful world Tibetans built. Most of it has been ruined by China since the movie was made.

I didn't see them but I remember both "Seven Years in Tibet" and "Red Corner" when they were released. I've never heard of "Kundun."

Well done. Work like this is every bit as good as Out of Frame. I'm by no means a Scorsese super-fan, but I do really enjoy his movies - his earlier work especially. And you're right: I had no idea that he directed Kundan. I didn't even know it existed - a testament to how well Disney buried this movie. What a powerfully simple sentiment to end on: that merely looking at what tyrants don't want you to see is an act of rebellion.

I think this is one of the reasons why our current Disney movies are such crap. I hope this youtube video doesn't get censored

“Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.”

I remember this movie, my art teacher showed it to us when I was a senior in highschool

i love this movie. own it on DVD. so gorgeous, so moving. amazing score. heartfelt performances.

I seen this on television in 1997. I was in the 7th grade. It formed my understanding of the plight of Tibet henceforward.

Someone needs to find it and release it to everybody on the web.

In order to monoculture its peasants you must restrict anything that goes against its government. What you can see, say, love. Will always be in strict control.

And it’s exactly for this kind of video that I love your channel! Whatever our political opinions, this video is beautiful. (and a warning for the rest of our century, unfortunately )

This is the most incredible movie I have ever seen. I saw it three times in the theater and bought the DVD as soon as it came out.

Proudly but also sadly to announce I bought the dvd disc of Kundun from black market in 1998. I love the movie. Still sometimes I watch the movie, give me peacefully. May all Tibetan protected by Buddha in Tibet and all around the world. 🙏🏻

Could this be leverage that the strikers in Hollywood can use? Imagine if the Disney writers started yelling “Watch Kundun.” That would bring such bad press to Disney that they’d HAVE to capitulate. Probably wouldn’t solve the problem of China having our entertainment held captive. But is that a start???

I was lucky enough to grab this movie on VHS off the shelf of my local video shop purely driven by compulsion. I took it home and watched it three times before I took it back the next day. I loved it and I'm super glad that this video just popped up among my recommendations to remind me of that educational and inspiring night and morning to follow that came home with me that day. I am going to find this movie, get it and watch it until I'm sick of it. Thank you, FEE!

as a tibetan myself,living as a refugee in india and having build school for us tibetan children by the grace of his holiness and his beloved sister,i just wanted to say that this movie has been watched by all the tibetan whether it has been ban or not, in tibetan school this movie is used as a form of teaching about his holiness the 14 dalai lama and is still going to use this film to let our future seeds of tibet to learn more about his holiness and how chinese were able to force us into this state we are currently in right now,and as we know sacrifice must be done in order to achieve something at this level and sacrifices had already been done by a lot of tibetan people by burning their body and screaming "FREE TIBET"but i feel like these sacrifices are in vain even though they had done such a brave yet foolish sacrifices but still im proud that these people who can even burn their body with fire while staying alive for their country are my own people but mark my word these sacrifices will not be in vain when we get our freedom and our country back,we will not do the same mistake twice, we will advance in both intelligence and military and will not bend our knees to anyone,we will not be held back by our religion for non violence if there is an attack on even one of our brothers and sister we will reply back tenfold with violence since non violence was the one that hold us back at that time, it annoys me say this but we will have to wait till we get our freedom and our country back from the people who murder animal more than anyone in the world and eat them nonchalantly and then spread their own sins to the world killing millions of people just because these chinese filth committed theses sins of killing and eating animal 'FREE TIBET' "LONG LIVE HIS HOLINESS"

Should start a re release Kundun petition, really give Disney a hard time.

A lomg time ago, my great grandfather escaped the march revolution. I count myself lucky whenever i remember that fact.

Totally unrelated to this: Disney also hasn't released New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and they released multiple shows without their pilots (you had to buy the second season to get that). You can also buy a "Complete Set" without getting the complete series. Disney's outright deceptive in their marketing.

"7 years in Tibet" is also a very good movie about topic! If someone's looking for more stuff to watch ;)

I just searched on Kino Lorber- The movie of Kundun is not there, just a documentary about making the movie.

Normally I'm a good noodle paying for my media but when somebody blocks my access to media "Whoopdiedoo, hippilitee, being a pirate is alright with me" starts playing in the background.

I dont care what disney " wants "

The thing about a bully. Is that their bullying stops virtually the moment It is clearly demonstrated that said misbehavior will not be tolerated.

I remember watching this movie a few years ago. I can't remember how. It was very disturbing and beautiful. The Mao character was particularly evil.

I LOVE KUNDUN. Finally someone is covering it. It is such a beautiful movie. The colours and shots, omfg. And for sure the movie is political. But that is just a backdop to its potray of faith, love and culture. Again I FUCKING LOVE KUNDUN.

Yeah I remember when John Cena was forced to apologize in Mandarin for Fast & Furious because he acknowledged Taiwan. I'll bet China threatened to not screen the Fast & Furious movie in their theaters unless they forced John Cena to apologize to them.

God bless India who gave Dalai Lama a safe place to stay Proud to be a Hindu and tolerant of other people's believes

It's one of my favorite movies. Still have the DVD watched it lots of times.

Great video. Kundun being one of Scorsese's best in my opinion, deserves more audience. China's repression tactics are going to backfire one day and cracks have started to appear when we see the great economies of the world shifting their interests towards India and India leaving no stone unturned to take that spotlight from china.

We had the luck in Czech Republic, that it ran in the cinemas and as I remember it had good numbers, so we never knew the silent treatment it received overseas. It was the 90s here, we have got rid of the communists and Russian armies after 40 years and Dalai Lama and Tibet were very popular, also thanks to the president Václav Havel, His Holiness was visiting Czechia quite regularly. Kundun also ran in the Czech TV several times, so the whole country had opportunity to watch it several times :)

Everyone I know has seen Kundun. It's a Scorsese and Philip Glass collab.

Disney feels like charging a thirsty kid 20 dollars for a sip of musty water.

This video really gives wisdom to the words, EVIL SUCCEEDS WHEN GOOD DOES NOTHING!

I still have the Kundun DVD I bought when it came out.

The biggest problem is the western world since it broke up China in the 1700s, 1800s we have always treated Tibet its own country, which it as not Tibet became part of the Chinese Empire under Emperor Qin, and remain so until the western world started to take land away from China. It's like now days with Hong Kong, there are people who think this is a separate country it is not, it belongs to China and Tibet is the same

Once you can comprehend a problem, you can look for solutions. Awareness of what you're dealing with leads to resisting what is damaging.

I hope this movie gets popular. I hope it gets so many people talking about and praising it that mainstream will be forced to cover it.

Kundun is available on KZfaq, thankfully! just do a simple search. Thanks for making this video. I am a big movie fan and I can't believe I had no idea about this movie.

I have heard about the Kundun. Now I REALLY WANT TO SEE IT!

"No one ever saw it"?! It used to air on television very regularly, and I own a copy of it on DVD.

Thank you for spotlighting Kino Lorber’s excellent special edition blu-ray release. This situation with this film is (sadly) just one of many cases that proves why physical media is still important and relevant today.

I've seen the movie and it's really good. It's complex, morally ambiguous. It is an actual movie.

As tibetan we lost hope from world but appreciated those who volunteer for truth...n law of nature ..truth always win .

For the tibetan people, movies like kundun are very important to show the world our culture and heritage. Nowadays, our beautiful culture is being killed left and right. We have kids in tibet who's not allowed to learn tibetan. We have people in nepal and india taking our food and cloths claiming as theirs example like MOMO and CHUPA. Tibetan people must keep what's theirs and tell the world.

When I first saw the title I thought it was about Sound of Freedom.

This is how China became so Powerful over our culture. Thank you!

Many dvd collector's just have Kundun on the shelf ...excellent movie ,Great Customs and very well done .

I would definitely like to get a copy of this film and the documentary. I hope Kino Lorber also has a copy of “The Fall”. Another impossible to find movie.

Weird. I totally remember watching this. I've tried to figure out what movie this was before, but couldn't find it again. Thanks for solving the mystery.

Really excited for this channels return to long form content. Hope the title is indicative of more exposure to suppressed or little seen film moving forward

I saw Kundun when it came out, I wept like a child, watching this report made me weep again. Love is all. ✌🏽❤️💛🖤🎼🇦🇺

Kundun is available on DVD on Amazon, new for 13 bucks and used for 19 dollars.

in the early 70's my family was blessed to sponsor 2 Tibetan monks that had escaped...even though I was young those memories are still strong...It has always shaded my opinions on China...(not the people but the CCP)

The “Old Yeller treatment”. I spent 2 minutes googling to try to find out how the Old Yeller movie was censored/suppressed…until I realized the obvious meaning of your reference.😅

Will Disney tell the story of how Tibet Lama peel off the skin of the slaves during the old serfdom system period?

The quality of your own documentary video impresses me. It makes me re-evaluate the professionalism and competence of FEE.