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Wheel of Time (2007)

Director

Werner Herzog

Subject

Film studies; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 81 minutes), £19.99

Herzog’s documentary film about the largest Buddhist ritual to promote peace and tolerance, held by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, India and Graz, Austria in 2002. The film includes exclusive...

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Brilliant Moon (2011)

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £15.99

This documentary takes a look at the life of spiritual writer and meditation teacher Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist who has helped teach the practice of meditation to the Dalai Lama, the royal...

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Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion (2007)

Director

Tom Peosay

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £19.99

A dramatic documentary that looks at the astonishing recent political history of Tibet. Spending over ten years making the film, director Tom Peosay presents a concise, educational chronology that tracks the...

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When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)

Director

Dirk Simon

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £19.99

Dirk Simon’s film about the history of the Tibetan people’s struggle for freedon begins in 1950: the Tibet was incorporated by the People’s Republic of China. In 1959, following the Tibetan Rebellion,...

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Buddha, The (2010)

Director

David Grubin

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 120 minutes), $24.99

THE BUDDHA, a two-hour documentary from Emmy Award winner David Grubin, relates the life of the Indian sage who famously gained enlightenment as he sat beneath a fig tree two-and-a-half millennia ago. This...

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Lost World of Tibet, The: The Director’s Cut (2008)

Director

Emma Hindley

Producer

Emma Hindley

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

Dan Cruickshank presents this illuminating documentary about life in Tibet prior to the brutal Chinese occupation of 1950. Colour films dating back to that period have been carefully restored, revealing...

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Life of Buddha, The (2004)

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

A reflection on the life and teachings of Buddha and the legacy of enlightenment seeking that he left. Perpetuated today by the Dalai Lama, the film takes a look at the origins of Buddhism over 2,500 years...

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Echoes from Tibet (198 Video)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Set in the high snow ranges of the Western Himalayas, the film shows the life and culture of Tibetan and Ladakhi villages: social and religious customs, Buddhist religion and Tibetan script, agriculture; a...

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Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (3 Parts) (2005)

aka: Trilogy on Tibet, A

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56, 129, 52 minutes), £21.95

A digitally remastered reissue of the seminal trilogy of films on Tibet originally released in 1979, now on one DVD and containing additional materials and a new commentary.The trilogy portrays the unbroken...

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Knowledge of Healing, The (1999)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 89 minutes), £15.99

The first full-length film dealing extensively with Tibetan medicine, which takes a highly developed, holistic approach to health through the use of herbs, roots and minerals. Includes interview with The...

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