Beyond the Mystic Line: A Diasporic Tibetan Cinema of Nostalgia.

This article addresses the relationship between exile and poverty in the context of the Tibetan Diaspora, looking at its representation through the lenses of some feature films made by Tibetan filmmakers in exile. In their unrequited aspiration for a better life and a transcendent existence beyond the mystic line, these films tackle poverty, precarity, disenfranchisement, alienation and nostalgia beyond the mystic line, adopting a more nuanced and critical approach to the re-presentation of Tibet on screen and of Tibetan refugees’ lives on the global stage