BLESSINGS: THE TSOKNYI NANGCHEN NUNS OF TIBET, director Victress Hitchcock In 2005, Tsokyni Rinpoche, a renowned Buddhist teacher, led a group of Western women on a journey into a remote mountainous region of Eastern Tibet to visit nunneries where 3000 women were practicing an ancient yogic tradition of Buddhist teachings. This is the original longer

Presence and sound, guided meditation and sound bath. This offering will include a short dharma talk on self-compassion and presence, followed by a guided meditation and immersive sound bath.

BRAKHAGE ON BRAKHAGE, director Colin Still Working outside the mainstream, the wildly prolific, visionary Stan Brakhage made more than 350 films over a half century. Challenging all taboos in his exploration of “birth, sex, death, and the search for God,” he turned his camera on explicit lovemaking, childbirth, even autopsy. 94 minutes.

WISDOM OF HAPPINESS, directors Barbara Miller & Philip Delaquis WISDOM OF HAPPINESS is a deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly 90 years old, offers practical advice for navigating the 21st century’s challenges. The film captures the Dalai Lama speaking directly to viewers, creating a sense of a private

THE LION’S ROAR, director Mark Elliott This is the masterful portrait of the late 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, the great Tibetan Buddhist master known as the Black Hat Lama. The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the four great lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. His line of successive reincarnations has its origins

O MOTHER GAIA – THE WORLD OF GARY SNYDER, director Colin Still This is the first feature-length film documenting the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet/activist Gary Snyder. A participant in the famed 1955 Six Gallery poetry reading in San Francisco that launched the Beat era (and the careers of Allen Ginsberg and Jack

Lyrical Dharma: A Journey through Music and Mindfulness. This will be an immersive experience blending spoken word, live performance and readings.

WOMEN OF TIBET: GYALYUM CHEMO – THE GREAT MOTHER, director Rosemary Rawcliffe Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo – The Great Mother recounts the compelling story of Dekyi Tsering, the mother of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Dekyi Tsering, known by Tibetans as ‘Gyalyum Chemo’ or ‘Great Mother,’ gave birth to 16 children, three of