20 posts tagged “film”

::link to hokai's blog, where you can watch:

A 2002 documentary on the history of Tibetan tragedy. Time 1 hour 43 minutes.

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As seen in the film 'Seven Years in Tibet',

Austrian soldier Heinrich Harrer escaped from a British POW camp in India in World War II and ended up as the young Dalai Lama's tutor in Tibet. Harrer wrote about his cultural immersion for the July 1955 edition of National Geographic. Republished in the May 2008 special issue on China.

::link to boingboing
::link to national geographic story (17 pages)

There's much interesting information in this article on the young Dalai Lama and life in Tibet before the Chinese invasion.

Watch a video of Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard talking about the habits of happiness
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PLEASE HELP – THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW

'The Unwinking Gaze' UK Premiere @ Prince Charles Cinema, London. Sat 29th March, 6.20PM.

This film is the result of three years of unrestricted access to the Dalai Lama. A unique portrait of the exiled leader as he struggles to negotiate a political settlement with China

Tibet's problems are headline news due to violence in Lhasa, but the issue has lain unresolved for 49 years. The Dalai Lama is now 72 and the Chinese government still refuses to engage in real dialogue with him. In the critical time before the Olympics, the film will be seen as a message from the Dalai Lama to the Chinese Government – it could inspire thousands globally to push for a non-violent political resolution and if it does, you will have helped make it happen.

Please come and watch this film. If you can't, pass this on to friends/family/groups/colleagues. Book tickets by phone on 0870 811 2559. Box Office opens at 1.30PM. Ticket price: £6.50 (for card bookings+25p/ticket). For more info and ongoing news see Facebook group - The Unwinking Gaze' UK Premiere @ Prince Charles Cinema

For further details phone: 07837703883
email: dan.machen@gmail.com

Thanks to Tyson for this:

MoveOn.org is launching an ad contest: "Obama in 30 Seconds."

Update:

From the press release:

MoveOn.org joined forces today with Academy Award-winners Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Oliver Stone, multiple Grammy-winner John Legend and author Naomi Wolf to announce a new ad contest, "Obama in 30 Seconds." The contest provides a platform for Obama supporters to show in 30-second spots what inspires them about the Senator's candidacy. MoveOn will buy time to run the winning ad on national television.
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A series of YouTubes, courtesy of Hokai.

Krishnamurti speaks with Chogyam Trungpa (5 videos)

Fleet Maull on Integral Peacemaker Training

::link - today, a new independently-produced video by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas and director Jesse Dylan (son of Bob) was released on DipDive.com. The video is a sung version of Obama's pre-Nevada caucuses "Yes We Can" stump speech -- itself a riff on the rallying cry of the United Farm Workers, "Si Se Puede!" -- and features a star-studded cast ranging from bow-lipped ingenue Scarlett Johansson to Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls, as well as musicians John Legend and Herbie Hancock. The video, which first appeared Friday on ABCNewsNow's "What's the Buzz," quickly hopped to YouTube, where it's sure to become a hit with the young voters whose turnout has been essential to Obama's success to date. 

Barack Obama - Yes We Can music video