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- The Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha is a 2010 PBS documentary film directed by David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere.
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Jan 8, 2020 · These ten films explore Buddhism in a whole range of ways - and none of them are documentaries. Some might use fictional stories to explore the lifestyle or principles of Buddhism, while others might include Buddhist monks in a comedic way, or take a dramatized look at famous real-life Buddhists.
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- Zen (2009) Unsatisfied with the teachings of Buddhism in Kyoto, Japanese monk Dogen Zenji traveled to China to find the original teachings there himself and bring them back to Japan.
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) South Korean film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, is perhaps the most treasured hidden gem of a movie among Buddhists today.
- Kundun (1997) Martin Scorsese's film Kundun is an epic and sweeping film about the early life of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. Based on the Dalai Lama's own writings about his life, the movie follows his life from when he is found as a child by Tibetan monks believing him to be the next reincarnated Dalai Lama, to the end when he flees Tibet.
- Groundhog Day (1993) As the only movie on this list that isn't overtly Buddhist, it might seem like a strange addition. But Groundhog Day has long been known as a spiritual and philosophical masterpiece.
The Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha is a 2010 PBS documentary film directed by David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere. It follows the story of Gautama Buddha's life and discusses the history and teachings of Buddhism. [1] [2] The film was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Programming. [3]
The Buddha: Directed by David Grubin. With Richard Gere, Blair Brown, The Dalai Lama, Mark Epstein. After 400 BC, a new philosophy was born in South east Asia, generated from the ideas of Buddha, a mysterious Prince from Nepal who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree.
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- David Grubin
- 2010-04-17
Mar 31, 2014 · An early mention of Buddha in American cinema, perhaps the first, occurred in the 1918 film The Soul of Buddha . This silent film, which featured one of cinema's first sex symbols, actress Theda Bara, asserts in its title that Buddha had a soul and so shows little or no knowledge of actual Buddhism.
- John Whalen-Bridge
- 2014
This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion.
A list of 108 Buddhist movies with descriptions, compiled for a class on Buddhism and Film at Coastal Carolina University. A detailed and information-rich list of information
