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[[Image:Dalai-Lama-talking-to-KD.jpg|thumb|right|Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich with the Dalai Lama in India during filming of the "Dalai Lama Renaissance" documentary.]] |
[[Image:Dalai-Lama-talking-to-KD.jpg|thumb|right|Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich with the Dalai Lama in India during filming of the "Dalai Lama Renaissance" documentary.]] |
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'''''Dalai Lama Renaissance''''' is a feature length [[documentary film]], produced and directed by [[Khashyar Darvich]], narrated by actor [[Harrison Ford]]. The film documents the [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]]'s meeting with Western "renaissance" thinkers |
'''''Dalai Lama Renaissance''''' is a feature length [[documentary film]], produced and directed by [[Khashyar Darvich]], and narrated by actor [[Harrison Ford]]. The film documents the [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]]'s meeting with the self-titled "Synthesis" group, made up of 40 Western "renaissance" thinkers who hope to use the meeting to change the world and resolving many of the world's problems. The meeting took place at the Dalai Lama's home in [[Dharamsala]], [[India]] in 2000. |
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Among the Western thinkers who meet the Dalai Lama are: quantum physicists [[Fred Alan Wolf]] and [[Amit Goswami]] (from the documentaries ''[[What the Bleep Do We Know]]'' and ''[[The Secret (2006 film)|The Secret]]''), social scientist [[Jean Houston]], and founder of [[Agape International Spiritual Center]] church in [[Los Angeles]], Dr. [[Michael Beckwith]]. |
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Through the film the audience sees the clash of egos that soon developed among the members of the group and their assistants, as each member attempts to mold the meeting to fit their own personal expectations. Ultimately they discover they can't hope to change the world until they undergo a personal transformation. Assisted by the often light-hearted musings of the Dalai Lama, each member comes away uniquely changed by their experience. |
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The film includes original music by [[Tibet]]an musicians, as well as master sitarist [[Roop Verma]], who studied under [[Ravi Shankar]] and [[Ali Akbar Khan]]. |
The film includes original music by [[Tibet]]an musicians, as well as master sitarist [[Roop Verma]], who studied under [[Ravi Shankar]] and [[Ali Akbar Khan]]. |
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Narrator [[Harrison Ford]] accepted no compensation for his work on the film. |
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Revision as of 21:18, 2 February 2009
Dalai Lama Renaissance is a feature length documentary film, produced and directed by Khashyar Darvich, and narrated by actor Harrison Ford. The film documents the Dalai Lama's meeting with the self-titled "Synthesis" group, made up of 40 Western "renaissance" thinkers who hope to use the meeting to change the world and resolving many of the world's problems. The meeting took place at the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India in 2000.
Among the Western thinkers who meet the Dalai Lama are: quantum physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami (from the documentaries What the Bleep Do We Know and The Secret), social scientist Jean Houston, and founder of Agape International Spiritual Center church in Los Angeles, Dr. Michael Beckwith.
Through the film the audience sees the clash of egos that soon developed among the members of the group and their assistants, as each member attempts to mold the meeting to fit their own personal expectations. Ultimately they discover they can't hope to change the world until they undergo a personal transformation. Assisted by the often light-hearted musings of the Dalai Lama, each member comes away uniquely changed by their experience.
The film includes original music by Tibetan musicians, as well as master sitarist Roop Verma, who studied under Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan.
Narrator Harrison Ford accepted no compensation for his work on the film.
