January 2013 – Director Norah Shapiro will present excerpts of her work along with other McKnight Fellows at Open Book in Minneapolis on January 9th.
October 2012 – Director Norah Shapiro had privilege of attending a fantastic week long Documentary Master Class at the Maine Workshops, taught by master filmmaker/Academy Award winner Dewitt Sage, as part of her McKnight Fellowship year plan.
July 2012 – We have two incredibly talented new members of our team: award winning Minnesota-based composer Tom Scott is working on our original score, and award winning NYC-based filmmaker/editor Jennifer Steinman has come on board as our new editor!
May 2012 – Fantastic news, Director Norah Shapiro selected as a 2012 McKnight Filmmaking Fellow.
March 2012 – We are moving forward on schedule, and have just completed our 1st rough cut!
November 30, 2011 – We reached our IndieGoGo goal and we couldn’t have done it without your help! Thanks to one & all our supporters!
September 2011 – We’ve launched an IndieGoGo campaign! We are excited to tap into the world of indie film “crowdfunding” – visit our IndieGoGo Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile page to watch new clips, get fresh updates & fabulous perks, and help us in the next critical phase of our film’s journey before our campaign ends on November 30th!
July 2011 – We are thrilled & honored to have received generous support from the Sewell Family Foundation to help us transition beyond the production phase of our film!
June 2011 – After a fantastic return trip to India to shoot the Miss Tibet Pageant 2011, we’re moving into post-production! Stay tuned for updates & ways you can support us in this next crucial phase!
Director Norah Shapiro has been awarded a 2011 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant to assist with funding the return to Dharamsala, India this spring to complete production filming the 10th anniversary of the Miss Tibet Pageant.
Feb. 25 – We had the pleasure of visiting Tenzin Khechoe in her home for an interview about her preparations for the Miss Tibet Pageant in June.
Norah Shapiro is a fiscal 2011 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.