Living Black interviews Dalai Lama
Living Black host Karla Grant has become the first Australian Indigenous journalist to interview His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama.
- Published by David Knox
- on June 27, 2013
- Filed under Programming
Living Black host Karla Grant has become the first Australian Indigenous journalist to interview His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama.
Living Black host Karla Grant has gained unprecedented access to the Dalai Lama during his historic first visit to the Top End. Karla is the first Australian Indigenous journalist to interview His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, on Australian television.
Karla discusses with the Dalai Lama the plight of the Tibetan people and the comparisons and similarities shared with Indigenous Australians. She delves into issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of this nation including colonisation, dispossession, and loss of language and culture. Karla speaks with the Dalai Lama on how the Indigenous people of Australia can move forward to a more positive future to achieve greater harmony.
“This special will give an insight into the Dalai Lama’s thoughts on the importance of the survival of Indigenous cultures and the connection between the Tibetan people and Indigenous Australians.” – Karla Grant host of Living Black.
In this special Karla interviews Michael Danby MP, Mr Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan-Parliament-in Exile and the Dalai Lama’s sister Jetsun Pema. Karla also speaks with Indigenous Australians who have chosen the Buddhist faith as a way of life, including Indigenous Buddhist Warren Jones to gain their insight.
“One of the things that attracted me to Buddhism, is that they (Tibetan’s) are the same as our mob, experiencing cultural genocide and dispossession of land.” – Warren Jones as said in the Living Black Dalai Lama Special.
Sunday 7 July, 9.30pm on SBS ONE
Wednesday 10 July at 7:30pm on NITV
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3 Responses
It really is a shame that no government seems to care about what is going on in Tibet! The Australian governments should know better
Interesting and important step
This will be good, despite her being a wooden host (yeah, I know I go on about that)