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Dalai Lama Renaissance (2008)

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As the curtain rapidly fell on the 20th Century, his holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, grew so deeply troubled by the state of the modern world that he invited 40 pivotal Western thinkers to his secluded home in Northern India's Himalayan Mountains, for a lengthy and pointed brainstorming session on the problems of contemporary society and how to solve them most effectively. Foreseeing the importance of this event, documentarist Khashyar Darvich joined the group with an

Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.

Documentary, Special Interest

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The celebratory tenor heralded by the title of Khashyar Darvich's "Dalai Lama Renaissance" belies what's onscreen.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Darvich does an adequate job of pointing the camera and letting people speak, but he provides no context

April 3, 2009 Comment
Kansas City Star

"Renaissance" seems more like video footage than a documentary, capturing a little hot air but not shedding much light.

September 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Comment
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

It's a simple truth that many know before the film starts, but the Dalai Lama serves as human exemplar for the lesson

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | Comment

Aesthetically, Dalai Lama Renaissance is well intended, but--like the conference it depicts--in need of more thorough (self) realization.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
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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.

January 12, 2010
Janice S.
Janice Schuster

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

July 16, 2009
Paul Haughey
Paul Haughey

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