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Life with death

By Yönten, on December 7th, 2009%

Stephen Jenkinson is a Canadian counsellor who specializes in death. The NFB recently made a movie, called Griefwalker, about his work…

http://www.nfb.ca/film/griefwalker-trailer/

His website is www.orphanwisdom.com

Fierce Light

By Yönten, on November 16th, 2009%

Velcrow Ripper’s Toronto-based film production company specializes in documentaries about the integration of spirituality and activism.

Fierce Light – the movie trailer

Also from Velcrow Ripper:

Prayers for Bat Nha, a short documentary (Fierce Light Flash!) . . . Read More.

Dramgyen – The Lute

By Yönten, on November 15th, 2009%

Endless Knot Films is a Tibetan-Canadian production company.www.endlessknotfilms.com

Dramgyen – The Lute is a short film they made about the Tibetan-Canadian immigrant experience. You can watch it online at http://www.endlessknotfilms.com/ekf/dramgyen.html

Champion of Compassion is their documentary of the 2004 . . . Read More.

THE FOUNDATION FOR UNIVERSAL RESPONSIBILITY of His Holinlai Lama ess The Da Culturpresent & Tibetan Canadiane Centre, Toronto Tibetan Film Festival 2009 18 TO 24 OCTOBER 2009 Tibetan Canadian Culture Centre, 40 Titan Road, Etobicoke ON M8Z 2J8, CANADA Teg l: +1416‐410‐5606, E‐mail: info@ctao.or Film . . . Read More.

Murder in the Snow

By Yönten, on August 15th, 2009%

On September 30, 2006, more than 100 international mountain climbers witnessed Chinese border police shooting and killing three members of a group of Tibetan monks, nuns, laypeople and children trying to escape over the Nagpa Pass into Nepal. Some climbers were able to film the . . . Read More.

“Dalai Lama Renaissance” now on DVD

By Yönten, on August 1st, 2009%

Award-winning film-maker Kashyar Darvich’s recent (much-lauded) documentary about a meeting between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and “40 of the world’s most innovative thinkers” is now available on DVD.

Here’s the trailer…

The official website is http://dalailamafilm.com/

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Devotion and Defiance

By Yönten, on July 17th, 2009%

Devotion and Defiance: Communist Crackdown on Buddhism in Tibet is a 34-minute video produced by the International Campaign for Tibet.

Ustream Buddhist Broadcasts

By Yönten, on July 17th, 2009%

Here’s a link to 113 different Buddhist video streams from all traditions.

http://www.ustream.tv/discovery/channel/religion-buddhism

Deep Knowing: Dharma art by Soyolmaa from Mongolia

By Yönten, on July 7th, 2009%

Deep Knowing: A Woman’s Journey in the Buddha Dharma – A reflection featuring the Buddhist paintings by contemporary Mongolian artist Soyolmaa, is now available through Amazon in a book format designed by Marianne Solome of Chicago.

Here is a brief video about the book…

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Burma VJ – Canadian dates

By Yönten, on July 2nd, 2009%

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country will receive its Canadian premieres August 7, 2009.

Toronto: opening August 7, Royal Cinema

Ottawa and Vancouver: opening August 7, theatres to be announced

Here is a brief synopsis . . . Read More.

Vajra Sky Over Tibet – the movie

By Yönten, on June 27th, 2009%

Here is part one of this 90-minute documentary, narrated by Tenzin Choegyal, nephew of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. You can watch the entire movie in 9 parts on Youtube. This movie does a very good job of illuminating the spiritual essence . . . Read More.

Tibet: The story of a tragedy

By Yönten, on June 27th, 2009%

This documentary movie, just under an hour in length, was produced in France in 1995. It comprises archival footage dating as far back as 1938, with a excellent explanatory voice-over in English. Like many films about Tibet, it concentrates on the political story . . . Read More.

Vajra Sky Over Tibet

By Yönten, on June 17th, 2009%

Released in 2006 to mixed reviews. Will it get some Canadian screenings?

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country

By Yönten, on June 4th, 2009%

Recent Burmese democracy demonstrations led by Buddhist monks were reported around the world by citizen journalists who were able to circumvent their repressive government’s banning of foreign media during the troubles. This documentary follows one such young Burmese reporter who risked all to . . . Read More.

Unmistaken Child

By Yönten, on June 3rd, 2009%

There’s a new documentary movie out, about a Tibetan geshe’s search for the reincarnation of his deceased teacher. It’s called “Unmistaken Child,” and was produced by an Israeli film crew over a period of six years in India and Tibet. The movie was . . . Read More.