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A New Beginning, Bhikkhunis in America

Posted on January 6, 2014September 3, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

A 15-minute documentary tracing the inception and foundation of the Saranaloka Hermitage for bhikkhunis in America.

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Women Who Make America 3: Charting a New Course

Posted on November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The third part of a 3-part mini series giving a social history of the women’s movement in America.

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Women Who Make America 2: Changing the World

Posted on November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The second part of a 3-part mini series giving a social history of the women’s movement in America.

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Women Who Make America 1: Awakening

Posted on November 25, 2013November 25, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The first part of a 3-part mini series giving a social history of the women’s movement in America.

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Inside Tibet in the 1940s

Posted on October 25, 2013November 24, 2015 by Dharma Documentaries

A fascinating glimpse of a 1942-3 mission that took color footage of a Tibet that was to all intents and purposes still closed to the outside world.

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GMO A Go-Go

Posted on July 4, 2013March 3, 2018 by Dharma Documentaries

A short and witty cartoon introduction to some of the issues surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms

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The Dhamma Brothers

Posted on November 2, 2012March 10, 2020 by Dharma Documentaries

Documentary film about the introduction of the Goenka Vipassana system into the American prison service.

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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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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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