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  1. Paramount Eyes the World

    Date released
    2 Jun 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2531
    NoS ID
    045827
    Story no
    2 / 4

    20,000 attend open-air protest against Senate-packing. Vietnam Red Leader Ho Chi Minh celebrates 65th birthday. Peking Dalai Lama of Tibet ends Chinese visit. Belgrade Marshal Tito is host to Russian...

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. Home Is Tibet

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    488
    NoS ID
    350690
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: The Tibetan refugees and their remarkable Dalai Lama who, against tremendous odds, has kept his scattered people united in their faith and national destiny.

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