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Documentaries about cultures around the world, including human rights

What the Ancients Knew in India

Posted on August 2, 2013March 22, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries

A fascinating glimpse into the scientific and technological achievements of ancient India and the effect on the modern world today.

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Leaving Fear Behind

Posted on July 26, 2013July 8, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

Lama Jigme Gyatso and Dhondup Wangchen talk to ordinary Tibetans to get their views of the situation they face in Tibet today.

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Tibet’s Cry for Freedom

Posted on July 12, 2013February 18, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

This film was shot between 2007 and 2008 during the run up to the Beijing Olympics, and interviews most of the main players on the Tibetan side.

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Vibrations of India

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

Slideshows made of photographs taken in India by youtube user kartazon.

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Children of God

Posted on June 21, 2013October 10, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

A moving documentary about kids living in a crematorium on the banks of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, where they make their living scavenging from offerings made at a cremation.

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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, 2013June 28, 2026 by Dharma Documentaries

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

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