Tenzin Gyatso

A private visit to the Dalai Lama’s monastery in Dharamsala, India over several months probes the spiritual leader’s thoughts on critical world matters.

Seven years in the making, When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun reveals the recent, tragic history of Tibet from inside this most remote and unique nation. The film reveals new facts, internal conflicts, and contradictions in a thorough and riveting treatment of this focus of worldwide passion and concern. The movie rewards its viewers with spectacular visuals and strong emotions. The combination of stunningly filmed footage from India, China and Tibet, along with a prologue narrated by Dennis Haysbert (24, The Unit) and an original soundtrack by Philip Glass, Thom Yorke (Radiohead) and Damien Rice make this film not only the definitive treatment of the Tibetan crisis, but a film with overwhelming emotional impact.

Within each of us, there are special Gifts simply awaiting discovery. For sister and brother team Shajen and Demian, something was missing in their lives until they tapped into the power of their own Gifts, leading to a profound personal transformation.

One of the most significant moments in 20th Century history, His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama reveals the details of his incredible escape into exile for the first time on film in his own words with the Indian political officer who led him to safety. Featuring the Tibetan community in exile and those with historic ties to Tibet, the film explores the Dalai Lama’s compassion for a world seemingly in crisis today and seeks to find what can be learnt from his inspirational life story, Tibetan culture and its ancient spirituality.

An exploration of the relationship between the physical and spiritual worlds via the gathering of more than a half million Tibetan Buddhists in India.

One Day on Earth is the first film made in every country of the world on the same day. We see both the challenges and hopes of humanity from a diverse group of volunteer filmmakers assembled by a participatory media experiment. The world is greatly interconnected, enormous, perilous, and wonderful.We chart the cycle of life over the 24-hour period of October 10th, 2010. From every country of the world we follow characters and events that evolve throughout the day, interspersed with expansive topical global montages that explore the progression of life from birth, to death, to birth again. Cut from over 3000 hours of footage, One Day on Earth offers us an epic glimpse of humanity from more perspectives than ever seen before. Some of the main characters and stories in the film include: A speech by the Dalai Lama about the inter-connectivity of humanity. Vincent, a young boy from the Netherlands, has a terminal illness and a life expectancy of 10 years. We witness him turning 10 years old on 10.10.10, and continuing to live. North Korea is seen in more detail than ever before in one day. Highlights include secretly shot footage of the country's mass-transit system, and Kim Jong Il attending the world's largest military parade followed by the world’s largest musical dance performance. 350.org stages the world's largest global climate change event in over 7000 locations around the world. Mebrathe, a young girl in Ethiopia is a strong student fighting to stay in school against her family’s wishes.

Like the Prince Siddhartha, Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to pursue the Buddhistideal. Once a promising photographer, he moved to India and became a Tibetan monk. Years later, he returns to photography to help his community of monks.

Investigating China’s rule over Tibet. With footage from inside the region, how the Communist regime controls Tibet’s Buddhist population, and the battle over the succession of its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. From FRONTLINE.

The Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang is one of the last sanctuaries of authentic Tibetan Buddhist culture. Long isolated by geography and politics, the people have struggled to survive, and the 15th-century monasteries that are the center of their culture have come dangerously close to collapsing.

Narrated by Richard Gere, The Buddha 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 film tells the Buddha's story through painting and sculptures by some of the world's greatest artists and tracks his biography across the sweeping landscapes of northern India.

A contemporary fresh look at what is truly important for the 14th Dalai Lama: The ongoing confrontation between Tibetans and China; His Holiness's influence in political and spiritual spheres; his work with educators and neuropsychologists; and his personal feelings on aging, dying and the question: Will there be a fifteenth Dalai Lama, or will he be the last Dalai Lama?

A journey that takes viewers from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Calcutta in search of that elusive thing that truly makes people happy.

He was one of 20th Century's most brilliant physicists. Albert Einstein called him his spiritual son. The Dalai Lama relied upon him as his "science guru." So why is it that most don't know the name David Bohm? Today, as scientists are striving to prove the existence of Quantum Potential, which could revolutionize our relationship to the planet, David Bohm could now become a household name.

This docudrama tells the story of Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. Winton, now 102 years old, did not speak about these events with anyone for more than half a century.

A documentary about the power of artistic contributions and engagement in the Cold War era after the 1968 Russian-led invasion of Czechoslovakia.