The Great Escape - Season 1

Having been recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of two, Lhamo Thondups reign as the spiritual and political leader began at a strained point in Chinese-Tibetan relations.Tibets religious leaders were constantly trying to avoid a full blown military takeover by the Chinese, who had began invading Tibetan territory since the communist revolution in China.By 1956, things had escalated to a point where the Dalai Lama and his ministers were trying to find a balance between the Chinese interference and the growing resentment of the Tibetan resistance fighters.