Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.
We will be watching this movie at the Clinton Street Theater. Please purchase your tickets beforehand as they occasionally sell out.
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There is no order to this list, and all suggestions/requests are very welcome!
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Mending the wounds of forced assimilation, Indigenous elders, healers, and activists from the Esk'etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet'suwet'en territories share a legacy of resilience and ancestral wisdom.
While the World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery in India. The atmosphere of serene contemplation is soon disrupted by soccer fever, as the two students desperately seek a TV to watch the final.
In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy while teaching wisdom and compassion through experience and endless exercises.
Story of four young monks left alone in their remote monastery in Myanmar. Shot entirely in newly-opened Myanmar with non-actors, the film bridges spirit, cinema, and traditional Burmese storytelling to open a view onto an unseen world.ho built a family - and found their way back to love after unimaginable loss.
Samsara is the Buddhist cycle of death and reincarnation. From the temples of Laos, we will accompany a soul in its transit from one body to another through the bardo.
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimeter film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children - one American and two Nepalese - who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.
Zen (2009)
The Cup (1999)
Siddhartha (1972)
The Protector (2005)
The Holy Man (2005)
The Life of Buddha (2007)
The Great Silence (2005)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Milarepa (2006)
Angulimala (2003)
The Way (2010)
Baraka (1992)