Historian Bettany Hughes explains some of the basic Buddhist concepts, and at the same time show some of the riches of Buddhist culture.
Man on Cloud Mountain
This is an hour long documentary with Harada Roshi giving many interviews on his visit to America in 1991
Zen Buddhism
A short video about the Jewish-American Soto Zen teacher, Norman Fischer, a disciple of Shunryu Suzuki, and his wife Michelle Meyrink, who is a Rinzai practioner.
The Genius of Photography 4: Paper Movies
This week’s episode looks at the way photographers found their own terrain on the streets of the cities, the highways and beaches of the post-war world.
The Genius of Photography 3: Right Time, Right Place
This week’s episode is about the evolution of photojournalism, from its beginnings with the Frenchman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the great photographers of the 20th century, up and to the coverage of the aftermath of 9/11.
The Genius of Photography 2: Documents for Artists
The second documentary in this BBC series examines the various movements that arose in photography in the first half of the 20th century by focusing on some of the representative workers in the field.
First Earth – Uncompromising Ecological Architecture – 2
In the second series of films about radical ecological architecture we move from the States to see how it is being implemented around the world.
First Earth – Uncompromising Ecological Architecture – 1
A series of radical films made all over the world about new ideas in building and community, and how we move away from the mess we have only recently created.
The Bombing of Germany
How America changed its wartime policy of not bombing civilian targets and was eventually involved in the bombing of the population at the centre of Berlin is the theme of this documentary.
