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Documentaries about cultures around the world, including human rights

Children of the Tsunami

Posted on May 31, 2013February 18, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a moving film from the BBC following the thoughts and reflections of a group of children affected by the tsunami that hit north-east Japan in 2011.

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India’ and Indonesia’s Shared Ancient and Modern Cultural Heritage

Posted on May 10, 2013October 23, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a wonderful documentary looking at the close cross-cultural links between India and Indonesia.

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Conserving the Diamond Sutra

Posted on March 15, 2013January 26, 2019 by Dharma Documentaries

This 15-minute film is afascinating look at the decade-long conservation effort being made on the oldest, complete, dated printed book in history, a scroll of the Diamond Sutra, from 868 CE.

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They Call it Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain

Posted on February 7, 2013October 20, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

Filmed over a two-year period before the 2011 elections that started the slow changes that Myanmar’s reformist government introduced, this 80-minute documentary by Robert Lieberman shows what an uphill struggle the country is going to face simply to catch up.

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Thailand, Jewel of the Orient

Posted on February 1, 2013November 28, 2015 by Dharma Documentaries

A National Geographic documentary looking at wildlife in Thailand from a Buddhist persepctive.

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Nourished by the Mekong River: Exploring Angkor

Posted on January 25, 2013August 29, 2018 by Dharma Documentaries

This episode from the series by Chinese Television’s Channel 9, looks at the great civilisation that centered around Angkor in Cambodia.

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Nourished by the Mekong River: Lasting Faith

Posted on January 18, 2013October 19, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

This episode of the series looks at the part faith plays along the Mekong River, and takes a look at the different traditions, ordination procedures, almsround, pagodas and palm-leaf scriptures.

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Nourished by the Mekong River: Eternal Celebrations

Posted on January 11, 2013November 30, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

A documentary about the religious festivals held by the peoples found along the Mekong river, featuring especially the Water Festival (Songkran) in Luang Prabhang.

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Nourished by the Mekong River: Colourful River System

Posted on January 4, 2013October 19, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The first programme in a series of documentaries about the peoples, cultures and environment that are found along the Mekong river.

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Safeguarding Dunhuang for China and the World

Posted on December 28, 2012October 20, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

Two talks by scholars involved in the conservation of one of the largest repositories of Buddhist art in the caves at Dunhuang in China.

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