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At the Edge of the World

Posted on September 27, 2013November 24, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a film by Dan Stone about the anti-whaling activities of the Sea Shepard Conservation Society on their voyage to the Antartic to disrupt the Japanese scientific whaling run.

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Sharkwater

Posted on September 20, 2013March 19, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A documentary by Rob Steward, a young man who fell in love with sharks, and decided to become an underwater filmmaker, to record his favoured creatures.

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James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 4: Sogenga and Ch’an Landscapes

Posted on September 13, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

This fourth lecture of Ch’an Painting looks at the appreciation of this style in Japan and concludes by examining some of the best landscape paintings.

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James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 3: Muqi’s Six Persimmons

Posted on September 6, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The third in this series of discussions about Ch’an painting by James Cahill looks at Muqi’s iconographic Six Persimmons painting.

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James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 2: Beginnings and Muqi Fachang

Posted on August 30, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

A second lecture on Ch’an painting in China by the distinguished art historian James Cahill.

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James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 1: Liang Kai

Posted on August 23, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

In 2010 Professor Emeritus James Cahill, one of the leading and most eminent historians of Japanese and Chinese art, made a series of films, entitled A Pure and Remote View, examining the development of Chinese painting from its beginnings up and to the middle ages. The series of 12 lectures, often split into 2, 3…

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To the Last Drop

Posted on August 9, 2013October 29, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

A film about the environmental effects of the exploitation of the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, believed to be the largest deposit of oil in the world.

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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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The Yungang Grottoes: Bridging Weight and Grace

Posted on July 19, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

A documentary by CCTV about the earliest Buddhist cave complex in China, the Yungang Grottoes.

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