Buddha in Suburbia
A film about a reincarnate Tibetan lama as he struggles to balance his commitments to his western disciples and the need to preserve his lineage’s teachings.
The Secrets of the Mongolian Steppe
A report from 1991 on the devastating purge of Buddhism and its adherents in Mongolia during the communist period.
I Have Seen the Earth Change, Mongolia
First of two films about traditional communities and the impact global warming is having on their life-style and the changes they are having to make to survive in the new realities.
Buddhism in Russia
Two documentaries from Russia Today about Buddhist regions of the country, the one is the farthest west Buddhism was established in pre-modern times, and the other the farthest north.
Buddha in Suburbia
This is a candid look at the two lives of the Lelung Rinpoche: on the one hand he is one of the most revered of the the reincarnated lamas in the Tibetan tradition, recognised by the Dalai Lama and respected and revered wherever he goes. On the other hand he is an almost unknown and…
Gobi by Boerte (Mongolian Music Video)
Imagine a full-scale music video of traditional Mongolian folk artists, beautifully photographed and edited, and that is somewhere near what we have here.
The Story of the Weeping Camel
The plot is about a family of nomadic shepherds in the Gobi desert trying to save the life of a rare white bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) calf after it was rejected by its mother.