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      Dalai Lama Renaissance

      2007 1h 21m Documentary List
      20% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 73% 100+ Ratings Audience Score The Dalai Lama of Tibet invites innovative thinkers to solve the world's problems. Read More Read Less

      Audience Reviews

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      Audience Member It really makes me happy and proud as a human being and large number of people are showing significant amount of interest in His Holiness's message of love and peace. It really makes me feel happy and a hope that this world can still be a very livable .. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an important work. Watch it for the message, for the lesson - not necessarily for how well the film is crafted. Watch it with an open mind and you may find that by the end your heart has been opened as well. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member It's always a joy seeing the Dalai Lama speak (especially on the big screen), and of course the scenery from India was beautiful. But as a whole, this documentary was a huge disappointment. This film is about scholars who went to India on a global sustainability summit at the turn of the millennium. But the beautiful scenery and good intentions were ruined by the bickering, egotistical scholars & participants from the West. The summit very quickly devolved from discussions of global sustainability to ego battles among the participants. The almost singular exception Vicki Robin - one of my favorite speakers, and author of Your Money or Your Life. As a social justice advocate, it was particularly frustrating to watch these progressives sabotage their own efforts ... because this is what I see in every city, among many organizations working towards sustainability. If you're a huge fan of the Dalai Lama, go ahead and watch this film for the 10-15 minutes of him speaking. Or, if you're a part of an organization working for sustainability, and you want a case study of how destructive patterns sabotage a group, then you may get something out of this. For most people, I suggest skipping this film completely. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Harvey Variety The celebratory tenor heralded by the title of Khashyar Darvich's "Dalai Lama Renaissance" belies what's onscreen. May 23, 2008 Full Review Robert W. Butler Kansas City Star Darvich does an adequate job of pointing the camera and letting people speak, but he provides no context Rated: 2/4 Apr 3, 2009 Full Review Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) "Renaissance" seems more like video footage than a documentary, capturing a little hot air but not shedding much light. Rated: 2/4 Sep 12, 2008 Full Review John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews It's a simple truth that many know before the film starts, but the Dalai Lama serves as human exemplar for the lesson Rated: B- Jul 25, 2008 Full Review Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Boxoffice Magazine Aesthetically, Dalai Lama Renaissance is well intended, but--like the conference it depicts--in need of more thorough (self) realization. Rated: 2/5 May 23, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis The Dalai Lama of Tibet invites innovative thinkers to solve the world's problems.
      Director
      Khashyar Darvich
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 21m