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The Plow That Broke the Plains

Posted on September 14, 2012October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a remarkable short documentary made in 1936 about the devastating effects of single-crop farming on the Great Plains of America, once home to millions of buffalo and later of cattle.

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Biosphere by Jennifer Athena Galatis

Posted on September 7, 2012December 22, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

Non-verbal film about Planet Earth by Jennifer Athena Galatis having footage from space, time lapse sequences, monastic dances, undersea footage and sequences shot in shopping malls.

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Light Darkness and Colours – Goethe’s Theory of Colours

Posted on September 7, 2012March 22, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a film made in 1993 by Henrik Boëtius on Goethe’s very influential book A Theory of Colours, which was originally published in 1810.

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Spirit Of Tibet – Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche

Posted on August 17, 2012August 19, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

Documentary about one of the greatest lights in Tibetan Buddhism in the 20th century, Khyentse Rimpoche.

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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures of the Silk Road

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Dharma Documentaries

A talk by Fredrik Heibert at the Asian Art Museum on the Hidden Treasures of the Silk Road exhibition in the US, showing Afghani cultural artifacts.

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Lost Treasures of Afghanistan

Posted on August 10, 2012May 26, 2017 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a 2004 National Geographic Special showing how Afgahnis have been working to save their country’s heritage collections, which were seemingly either in shreds or were lost.

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Ansel Adams: American Wilderness Photographer

Posted on July 27, 2012December 13, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A sensitive documentary about the great American wilderness photographer and environmentalist, Ansel Adams.

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Seeds of Freedom

Posted on July 22, 2012October 6, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A remarkably clear presentation about the history of seed and the role it has played in our societies and how that is all being changed by corporations.

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In Search of the Dead III: Remembered Lives

Posted on July 20, 2012October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The final part of this series looks at reincarnation and assesses the evidence for past life recall.

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Eternal Ancestors – Buddha’s Relics

Posted on July 15, 2012October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

Lecture at the Metropolitan Museum in New York about the importance of reliquaries in Buddhist culture

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