Windhorse is an American film from 1998, directed and produced by Paul Wagner, co-directed by Thupten Tsering and co-produced with Julia Elliott.
[citation needed] The offline editing (Avid) and the online post and color work (Roland House / da Vinci) were also all digital.
The film was released theatrically in 1999 by Shadow Distribution and played in over 100 theaters in North America.
In a remote Himalayan village in Western Tibet, three young Tibetans - Dorjee, his sister Dolkar and their cousin Pema - witness their grandfather murdered by Chinese soldiers.
When Pema is arrested after demonstrating against the Chinese government, her cousins are caught up in the dangerous activities of the Tibetan resistance movement.