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- A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.
- When the windshield of his commercial airplane shatters at 30,000 feet in the air, a pilot and his flight crew work to ensure the safety of the passengers and land the plane.
- Cynthia Rothrock helps to protect a Buddhist boy from villains who wish to stop him from becoming the Prince of the Sun.
- Three young Tibetans struggle for freedom against the Chinese communist regime. Windhorse was filmed clandestinely inside Tibet and in Nepal. It was the first digital feature film, shot in 1996 on a Sony DVW-700WS and a consumer Sony DCR-VX1000 and edited on avid with digital finishing and color correction at RolandHouse in Washington, DC.
- A chronicle of the heroic life of one of the greatest singers of our times.
- Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity is a unique, award-winning documentary on the Karmapa and how China has used him as a springboard in its politics that have lead to violation of religious rights. On another level the film tells the story of the existence of two rival candidates for Karmapa and how the situation of the two Karmapas has lead to an internal crisis of the Buddhist denomination as proponents split into different camps.
- This was filmed in 1949 when Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas Jr. took a journey to Tibet before the Red Chinese had moved in. It shows Tibet as it was then and, for that matter, as it had been for centuries. The most important thing in Tibet was religion, and it shows the people firm in their faith, living a simple life under the absolute power of the Grand Lama. The long and difficult journey to Lhasa was made possible by the authorities who hoped to show the world the simple life in Tibet and to ask for aid against the Communists, who were even then threatening. In Lhasa, the Thomases visited the palace of the High Lama,where a rare-interview was granted. The way back to "civilization" was difficult, especially, since Thomas Sr., was seriously injured in an accident that made him a stretcher case during the return.
- Follow fifty pilgrims as they travel to the roof of the world for the spiritual adventure of a lifetime. In 2002, ordinary people from around the globe were drawn to this mystical land of enlightenment. Guided by renowned Tibetan master Lama Zopa Rinpoche, this was no common tourist trek, but a rare and powerful experience in which the invisible world of great yogis and saints was magically revealed.
- Adventure journalist Bruce Kirkeby and family travel over 12,000 miles by boat, train and car to India's Zanskar Valley. The Kirkeby's interactions within their family and with those they encounter makes this special story even more so.
- Unfulfilled in her work at the local diner, Alex Carlson feels like a tiger trapped in a cage. Her dream of leaving Cooper Flats to pursue an art career seems to be fading. A sliver of hope emerges when prodigal son Chuck Crowley returns.
- On his way to identifying the rebirth of the Living Buddha, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche suddenly got killed in a fatal car accident. Two years later we find his rebirth. Until he is almost 20 years old, I follow his life. I want to know if I was wrong. Is he really the injured Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche? His brother Topga is one of the main characters in this film. He gives Jamgon a new BMW, which Jamgon drives to a tree two days later. Topga can not believe that the boy found should be his brother. He is also looking for a sign (Looking for a Sign). Whether he finds it, you will learn in this extraordinary documentary. Even for people who can not do much with reincarnation, this documentary is an intense and exciting story that lasts more than three decades. The filming with Jamgon began in 1976. They intensified in 1992 at his death and then continued until 2016. It created 350 hours of film and video material. This became the documentary "Reincarnation - Looking for a Sign" and the book "Practised Reincarnation". Film, book and seminar answer the questions: "Who was I? Who am I? And who will I be?"
- A Tibetan-Canadian returns to her homeland to smuggle a secret message from the Dalai Lama and to document the occupation and cultural genocide of Tibet by China.
- Documentary about life in modern day Tibet, it's history as well as the conflict between the Tibetans and the Chinese, includes interviews with Tibetan goverment officials as well as the Dalai Lama and their views on the conflict.
- In this film two German filmmakers document their journey to Tibet. They provide inside views of a country relentlessly ruled by the Chinese - long before the latest wave of violence erupted in Tibet.
- 12. The Galloping Tonga on the Srinagar Road. 13. The Bullock express of Cashmere. 14. Elephants removing Timber at the Rangoon Mills. 15. An old '"Tusker" carrying a heavy Teak Log. 16. A Feat of tremendous Strength by Trained Elephants. 17. State Elephants of the Maharajah. 18. Scenes before the Palace Gates. 19. The Llamas of Thibet leaving the Winter Palace. 20. The State Band of the Rajah of Cashmere.
- Lhasa is the religious heart of Tibet and in its center is the most important temple from the entire country, Jokhang Temple. Around it, is the famous Barkhor where pilgrims come to do circumambulations around the temple to cleanse their karma.
- The most famous monasteries in Lhasa are Drepung, that used to be the seat of the Dalai Lama till the building of the Potala, and Sera Me, where religious debates take place every day. Close by is Nechung monastery that used to house the Tibet oracle who was predicting every beginning of the year the fate of the nation.
- Potala palace started to be built in the 17 century and became the seat of the Tibetan government till 1959 when Lhasa was occupied during a revolt that drove Dalai Lama to leave the country. Norbulingka is the summer palace, a complex of gardens and palaces, that used to house the Tibetan government during the summer months.
- Ganden monastery is the seat of the Gelugpa, the Yellow-Hat school of Tibetan Buddhism, the main player in the current development of the religion in Tibet. Sakia used to be all-powerful during the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, its abbots being able to spread Tibetan Buddhism at the court of Kublai Khan eventually converting the Mongols.
- Just a walk on the outskirts of Lhasa is Pabonka, a reclusive hermitage where the first alphabet of the country was crafted. Lhasa's Tibetan quarter is full of monasteries, temples, and nunneries and a walk through its side streets and alleys is probably one of the most charming experiences in Lhasa.