We showed this at the Sedona Film Festival and it was quite a success with our audience. The film presents a refreshing way to view the importance of Tibetan ideas in a diverse world. The story of Gene Smith inspires as well as enlightens. Digital Dharma is an excellent example of how one person can do so much for the world consciousness. Its clear the filmmaker was passionate about the subject. Its also quite entertaining to see how the old world monks react to the digitalization of their sacred word. With appearances by the Dali Lama and other notable Tibetan holy men we are privileged to view a technical phenomena permeate classic ideas in a positive way.
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fitzcarlreid18 August 2012
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I never knew about Gene Smith. There is hope for the world. If more people like him step up to the plate. I have been interested in Buddhism for a long time. I traveled to Lhasa, Tibet 10 years ago. The film is inspirational. The only criticism I have is the absence of the Dalai Lama. I actually got to ask the director about it in a Q&A at the IFC showing in New York City last night, 8/17, after the screening. She said she didn't want to politicize the film. And wanted the film to be more accessible in China. I was saddened by the commentary by one of the people in the doc, that equated His Holiness to Osama Bin Laden. Really? I think I understand they mean the Communist Party Leadership in China. Gene says in the doc that they are just waiting for him to die. I understand the focus of the doc is Gene. But that left a bad taste in my mouth.
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