A personal message from 'Dalai Lama Awakening' and Wakan Films Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich about how our films are reaching out into the world and inspiring audiences with the intention of service to Humanity and the Greatest Good.

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New Dalai Lama Films: Join Us in Sharing the NEW 'Dalai Lama Double Feature' Film Tour and Director Q&A with Your Community

Announcing Films Screenings and Director Q&As of 'Dalai Lama Awakening' (narrated by Harrison Ford) and 'Compassion in Action' during our 100 city tour of the U.S. and Canada.

September 14, 2014

In this Newsletter:

(click on link below to go article)

1) Message from Director Khashyar Darvich: I look forward to visiting your community with our 2 new Dalai Lama Films (and a Q&A with your audience)

2) Audiences are Inspired and Moved: Read comments from audiences about these new Dalai Lama Films

3) How to host a Screening and Director Q&A of Dalai Lama Awakening and Compassion in Action

4) Article about the 'Dalai Lama Double Feature' Film Tour

5) 7 New Transformational Documentary Film: Brief Summaries of each Film + Trailers

A Message from Film Director Khashyar Darvich:

Peace and Greetings from Los Angeles,

I hope that you are well, and that you are enjoying the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn.

This is Khashyar Darvich, the Producer-Director of Dalai Lama Awakening and Compassion in Action, the two new films that comprise the 'Dalai Lama Double Feature' Film Tour, which is beginning a 100-city film and Director Q&A tour of the U.S. and Canada beginning in October.

We are doing our best to accommodate as many of the requests as possible for screenings across North America, as well as requests for me to be present for a Q&A with audiences.

After my interview with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama for one of our documentary films about peace, the Dalai Lama expressed something that touched me profoundly and deeply:

“Yes I like your questions,” the Dalai Lama shared with my crew and I. “Certainly, your effort can make some contribution—there’s no doubt."

That moment and my interviews with the Dalai Lama were life-transforming moments for me, because I experienced clarity and a profound affirmation that the only way that I could feel fulfilled was to embrace and put into action making films with the intention of serving the Greatest Good and to inspire and uplift audiences.

Harrison
Ford and
Khashyar
Darvich

Everyone has a unique purpose, and everyone has their own way of helping others and leaving the world a little bit better than when they first arrived on the planet. I knew that I was being called to create transformational and life-affirming films.

Actor Harrison Ford, who narrates our newest Dalai Lama Awakening film, used his celebrity in the spirit of service to help the film (and the Dalai Lama's wisdom) to reach an even wider audience:

"I narrated Dalai Lama Awakening,” says actor Harrison Ford, “because I believe His Holiness is making a positive influence in our world. For me, the film represented an opportunity to continue assisting the optimistic efforts of an extraordinary individual.”

Harrison
Ford and
Khashyar
Darvich

After having recently finished a 36-city film and Q&A tour of England, Scotland and Ireland, I am happy to announce the current film schedule for our U.S.-Canada tour (with new venues, cities and dates to be added every week):

2014:

- Oct 10-20 - Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky

- Oct 15 - Cincinnati, OH
- Oct 21-28 - New York and New Jersey
- Oct 10 - New York City
- Oct 29 - Albany, NY
- Oct 30 - Nov 2 - Boston and Massachusetts
- Nov 4 - Burlington, VT
- Nov 6 - Waterville, Maine
- Nov 7-12 - Ontario/Quebec, Canada
- Nov 8 - Waterloo, Ontario
- Nov 14 - Asheville, NC
- Nov 15-30 - South Carolina, Georgia, Florida (SE U.S.)

2015:

- February 1-15 - East Coast (U.S.)

- February 16-28 - Midwest
- March 1-20 - Rocky Mountains, West Coast
- March 21-31 - Hawaii

We have many pending dates in the cities and states above, and will update the schedule soon and regularly. For specific dates and venues, please visit the film's website: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com.

Our last film, Dalai Lama Renaissance, screened over 1,000 times around the world, including in over 100 cities in the U.S. and Canada, and I personally attended over 400 Q&As around the world.

We also expect that our current film tour will screen in over 100 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Harrison
Ford and
Khashyar
Darvich

At every screening, it is heartwarming and I feel grateful to receive comments from audience members about how they have been moved and impacted by the experience.

This validates for me that our films are fulfilling their intention:

"Many thanks to Khashyar, Parwinder and the team at Jamyang Buddhist centre, London, for sharing Khashyar's film with all of us last night. This wasn't just a movie for me, it was an experience. A true piece of art which skilfully weaved image, sound, the written word and captured the spontaneous narrative in a way that communicated the inner journey from the head to the heart; the possibility of outer transformation based upon inner self-transformation and all the egoic struggles and heart felt joys that are experienced and felt on that journey. This movie clearly demonstrates through its characters and HH Dalai Lama that such a journey is not only being called for in this day and age but that it is absolutely possible and indeed the birth right of all of humanity. A spiritually enriching and inspiring experience, thank you May it go on to touch countless more individuals and be the catalyst and support for change in their lives and in the world and continue to Awaken Hearts by Opening Minds."

- Cesare Saguato, Kent, England

If you would like to host the 'Dalai Lama Double Feature' Film Tour in your city for your community, or know someone who might, please feel free to contact us at: Bookings (at) DalaiLamaFilm (dot) com, or visit:
http://dalailamafilm.com/host-screening.html

This will be a busy year involving all 7 films. I will keep you updated so that you can know when these films screen in your area.

And lastly, for the latest photos, videos and film information, please like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, here:

I hope to meet and speak with you in person one day soon.

Peace and Blessings,

Khashyar Darvich
Producer-Director
Wakan Films
Official Page: www.Wakan.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WakanFilms

Harrison
Ford and
Khashyar
Darvich

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What Audiences are saying about the new Dalai Lama Films: Audiences are Inspired and Moved

Harrison
Ford and
Khashyar
Darvich

Here are some quotes from audience members after having watched Dalai Lama Awakening during recent screenings and Director Q&As:

"I was so moved by this film. Now I know what my TED Talk is. This experience opened up possibilities for myself and others."
- Margaret-Jane H., Cambridge, England

"One of the best possible manifestations of spiritualism through Art. Brilliant!"
- Thuy P., London, England

"Humbling, Motivating and Passionate - Thank you for bringing this to us so far North in Scotland for just one night. I leave with a full heart knowing what I am to do on my next step in my 'long term plan'. Truly a transformational personal journey for me by watching this film. Thank you for making it and personally showing it around the world. Making a difference - peace and action in motion"
- Jason S., Aberdeen, Scotland

"One of the best possible manifestations of spiritualism through Art. Brilliant!"
- Thuy P., London, England

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Host a Special Screening and Director Q&A:

2 New Dalai Lama Films and American Director Khashyar Darvich to Tour U.S. and Canada Beginning September

Dalai
Lama Double
Feature Poster
- US-Canada

Hello,

I am excited to announce the U.S.-Canada Tour of a heart-felt and life-changing event.

Beginning in October 2014, Los Angeles Director Khashyar Darvich will be touring with two new transformational documentary films featuring H.H. the Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Awakening and Compassion in Action for a “Dalai Lama Double Feature” Tour.

I would like to invite you to be part of the tour by offering you the special opportunity to schedule a Film Screening and Director’s Q&A of one or both of these Dalai Lama Films for your community.

Please click on the link to see the trailer for Dalai Lama Awakening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgiNutr0pig

The link to view the trailer for Compassion in Action is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6UDmLbRSnw

To schedule a film screening and Director Q&A in your community, click here: http://dalailamafilm.com/host-screening.html

Director Darvich’s previous film, Dalai Lama Renaissance, won 12 awards, was the official selection of over 40 international film festivals, and screened over 1,000 times around the world.

Khashyar and his two new Dalai Lama films just returned from a very successful 36-city tour of the England, Scotland and Ireland, with many sold-out screenings, and enthusiastic responses from audiences.

Audiences who have seen Dalai Lama Awakening have called the film "Brilliant," "Illuminating" and "one of the best possible manifestations of spiritualism through Art."

"Humbling, Motivating and Passionate,” says audience member Jason S. of Aberdeen, Scotland. “Thank you for bringing this to us so far North in Scotland for just one night. I leave with a full heart knowing what I am to do on my next step in my 'long term plan'. Truly a transformational personal journey for me by watching this film. Thank you for making it and personally showing it around the world. Making a difference - peace and action in motion"

"I was so moved by this film,” writes Margaret-Jane H. from Cambridge, England. “Now I know what my TED Talk is. This experience opened up possibilities for myself and others."

In a recent 5 star review of the film, Bobby Spivey of Examiner.com calls Dalai Lama Awakening "a beautiful and thought-provoking film... [Director] Darvich's compassion and humanity is apparent... Note [the premiere] date because you will want to mark it on your calendar"

Please find attached the press release for the film.

Also available to screen with Dalai Lama Awakening during the U.S.-Canada Tour is a new film from the Director entitled Compassion in Action. Open your heart, be the change, & change the world.

Compassion in Action is a powerful documentary, featuring the wisdom of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, received a very enthusiastic response during the recent sneak preview screenings.

One audience member in London expressed at the Q&A that he was so moved, that he could not speak and he needed time to process and assimilate what he saw and experienced.

A short video about the overwhelming positive response to his previous film Dalai Lama Renaissance may be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlWSfdNFBJw

Dalai Lama Awakening is a very unique Director's Cut and Poetic ReVision of Dalai Lama Renaissance. The film is a completely new edit, with 40 minutes of stunning new footage and a completely new music sound track.

Screening these two films during this “Dalai Lama Double Feature” Film Tour is an excellent way to raise funds for your organization or favorite charity while sharing the wisdom and compassion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. We ask that you share proceeds 50/50 with Wakan Films to help us produce more inspiring documentaries. It would also be very helpful if you could provide some accommodation for Director Khashyar Darvich during the time of your screening.

Organizing a screening is easy.

Click here to schedule a film screening and Director Q&A in your community: http://dalailamafilm.com/host-screening.html

All you need is some basic audio-visual equipment and somewhere for your audience to sit.

If you anticipate a larger audience then you may be able to hire a local theatre or cinema, or schedule a second screening on another day.

Marketing materials are available in the form of electronic files for posters, postcards and editable electronic templates for flyers. Once your screening is confirmed then it can be included in any national PR and social media campaigns. Help is available every step of the way to ensure a smooth running and successful event.

Please email me with your expression of interest and possible September-November dates so that I can add your event into the screening schedule. I will then contact you to discuss how we can make this a truly remarkable event for you and your community.

Looking forward to your response.
Warm Wishes,

Amanda Sumner-Potts

U.S.-Canada Film Tour Director
Phone: +61 412-735-106 (Australia)
Email: Amanda@wakan.com
www.dalailamafilm.com

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“Dalai Lama Double Feature” Film Tour with Director Khashyar Darvich Brings Two New Dalai Lama Films across U.S. and Canada after Successful 36-City Tour of UK-Ireland

Los Angeles Film Director Khashyar Darvich and his two newest films featuring the Dalai Lama, ‘Dalai Lama Awakening’ (narrated by Harrison Ford) and ‘Compassion in Action,’ will travel across the U.S. and Canada beginning in October for a dozens of screenings and audience Q&A’s

The new ‘Dalai Lama Awakening’ is the Director's "15 year realization of a cinematic dream" and is receiving enthusiastic praise from critics and audiences around the world.

LOS ANGELES - Can a film inspire an "awakening" within its filmmaker, as well as with audiences around the world?

Dalai Lama Awakening, which features the Dalai Lama and is narrated by actor Harrison Ford, is Director Khashyar Darvich's newest documentary film, which audiences are already calling "a shift in consciousness," "transformational" and "preverbal."

In a "5 Star" Review, Examiner.com calls Dalai Lama Awakening "a beautiful and thought-provoking film... [Director] Darvich's compassion and humanity is apparent... Note [the premiere] date because you will want to mark it on your calendar."

“Visually compelling, inspiring and thought-provoking,” writes Tom Richards of ‘Surviving Ireland.’ “Darvich has put together a compelling, slow-burning documentary that… hits you on the way home.”

Also screening during the U.S.-Canada ‘Dalai Lama Double Feature’ Film Tour from award-winning director Khashyar Darvich is his new film Compassion in Action Film. Open your heart, be the change, & change the world. This powerful documentary, featuring the wisdom of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, received a very enthusiastic response during the recent sneak preview screenings. One audience member in London expressed at the Q&A that he was so moved, that he could not speak and needed time to process and assimilate what he saw and experienced.

"The intention of this and all of our documentary films," says Director Darvich, "is to inspire audiences and serve the Greatest Good in as powerful and meaningful a way as film can."

The Los Angeles-based Director's previous 2008-2012 film tour of his award-winning Dalai Lama Renaissance was a huge success, screening over 1,000 times around the world and enthusiastically received by sell-out audiences.

In March and April of this year, Darvich and his two new Dalai Lama Films toured to enthusiastic audiences in 36 cities in the UK and Ireland.

During screenings in England where both ‘Dalai Lama Awakening’ and ‘Compassion in Action’ screened for audiences, audience members commented that watching the two films provided a complete illuminating experience that lasted well after the films finished.

Melanie from Findhorn, Scotland wrote: "Tonight I went & saw Dalai Lama Awakening... I was blown away… The only way to change the world, is to change yourself. Go and see it for yourselves, & form your own opinions… But if you see just one film this year, make it this one. It was brilliant… Much love to you Khashyar & thank you for everything. You are a very unique man, who is inspiring. It was an experience that I will never forget."

"Humbling, Motivating and Passionate,” says Jason S. of Aberdeen, Scotland. “Thank you for bringing this to us so far North in Scotland for just one night. I leave with a full heart knowing what I am to do on my next step in my 'long term plan'. Truly a transformational personal journey for me by watching this film. Thank you for making it and personally showing it around the world. Making a difference - peace and action in motion"

"I was so moved by this film,” writes Margaret-Jane H. from Cambridge, England. “Now I know what my TED Talk is. This experience opened up possibilities for myself and others."

You may view the trailers for the films, here:

Dalai Lama Awakening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgiNutr0pig

Compassion in Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6UDmLbRSnw

'Dalai Lama Awakening,' which is a 15 year realization of a cinematic dream, presents the profound and life-changing journey of innovative Western thinkers who travel to India to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world's problems. The result is an inner transformation of the participants, as well as what audiences report is a personal transformational experience for those who watch the film.

The new film was born from over 500 hours of video footage that was shot by 10 cinematographers over a 15 year period, and is a dramatically new "Poetic ReVision" and Director's Cut of his award-winning Dalai Lama Renaissance which won 12 awards and screened over 1,000 times around the world.

As successful and inspiring as the original Dalai Lama Renaissance was, Darvich felt that there was a deeper and more meaningful story to tell: something that more poetically and purely spoke to both the filmmaker and audiences. Darvich felt that audiences could go deeper into the characters and discover something about themselves.

After personally appearing in over 400 film screenings and Q&As with Dalai Lama Renaissance and listening to the inner journeys of audience members, Darvich felt that it was time to go back to the editing room in a deep and contemplative way, and create Dalai Lama Awakening while incorporating the insights and reflections that he received during the thousands of conversations with audience members.

In 2011 and 2013, Darvich also travelled back to India and filmed additional scenes and cinematic shots to include in Awakening.

"Dalai Lama Awakening is the film that my heart and soul wanted to make. It is a film without compromise," says Director Khashyar Darvich. "It is something pure, fulfilling and complete-- a heart-felt expression from the filmmaker's poetic soul. This is the film that inspired me and moved me at the most profound level, so I know that it will deeply impact audiences as well."

Harrison
Ford and
Khashyar
Darvich

Dalai Lama Awakening also features innovative thinkers such as Dr. Michael Beckwith (from The Secret), Quantum Physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami (from What the Bleep Do We Know), Revolutionary Social Scientist Jean Houston and others.

Screenings and Q&As of Dalai Lama Awakening in the U.S. plus the recent UK/Ireland tour have been successful beyond what Director Darvich imagined. Most screenings have been sold-out with audience members commenting that the film has profoundly moved them.

Audiences who have seen 'Dalai Lama Awakening' (which is narrated by actor Harrison Ford) have called the film "Brilliant," "Illuminating" and "one of the best possible manifestations of spiritualism through Art." Another commented "I felt my whole being shift into compassion" and another that the film was "a journey of multi-dimensional beauty." On the film's Facebook page, someone who had watched the film wrote: "Truly a film of awakening. You will be moved."

Dalai Lama Awakening will have its official World Premiere in 2014 in several countries around the world simultaneously. The film and Director Darvich have already attended many sold-out events during extensive multi-city tours of the film through both the United States and the UK-Ireland, and look forward to sharing the film with Australia in 2015.

"Since the goal and intention of our films is to serve the Greatest Good and offer a transformational and inspiring experience to audiences," says Director Darvich, "I feel that it is important that I travel with this film so that the audience and I can speak and share the inner journey of personal transformation illustrated in the story, and so our moment together becomes a more magnified powerful and heart-felt experience."

"After each screening," Darvich says, "it felt deeply fulfilling that audience members would come up to me and tell me that they felt moved and even changed by having watched the film."

Other upcoming documentary films from Darvich and Wakan Films (www.wakan.com) include "The Silence of Happiness" (about deaf children in Sri Lanka who overcome unhappiness and limitations through dance), a documentary film "Road to Happiness" (about an American woman who walked 25,000 miles across America for peace beginning in 1953), "Forgiving Buddha" (about prison inmates who transform themselves through meditation and deep honesty, and other transformational films).

To view the entire detailed screening and release schedule for the film, as well as receive the latest news, you may visit the film's official website (http://www.DalaiLamaFilm.com) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/DalaiLamaAwakening)

You may view the trailer for the film, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgiNutr0pig

Additional venues and cities for film screenings and Q&As are being considered. Booking inquiries can be made to: Bookings (at) DalaiLamaFilm (dot) com.

Harrison
Ford and
Khashyar
Darvich

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7 New Transformation Documentary Films to be Released in 2014 and 2015

Wakan Films will be releasing seven new documentary films, with inspiring and transformational stories and characters, in 2014 and 2015

Compassion in Action and Dalai Lama Awakening have already been released this year, and Matrix of Compassion and Road to Happiness are being edited now and will be released in 2015

When some filmmakers say that they have "several films in various stages of development," they might mean that they have 7 ideas for films that they want to make and are pitching to funders.

But in our case, we actually do have seven films that are either being filmed or being edited. :)

It has taken a lot of creative perspiration and reflection, long hours in the Wakan Films office, and the contributions of many inspired and dedicated Wakan Films Team Members, but the inspiring documentary films below will be shared with the world in 2014 and 2015:

1) Silence of Happiness

Filming has begun on this new inspiring documentary film by Wakan Films, set in the beautiful country of Sri Lanka, centered around the lives of deaf children who are rescued from their lives of isolation and despair in rural Sri Lanka where education for the hearing impaired is poor.

These children are brought to a village school for the deaf where they are taught sign language so they can begin to communicate their thoughts and feelings with the world, an inner world that has been hidden and silent for years. Even though they cannot hear the music, they are taught beautiful intricate traditional Sri Lankan dance which helps them express themselves in ways that they previously could not have imagined, which further heals their traumatic experiences of surviving the devastating Tsumani, the Sri Lankan Civil War, homelessness and neglect and abuse.

We have already completed two filming trips to Sri Lanka, and a third filming trip to Sri Lanka is being planned for the second half of 2014.

These children and their stories will change your life (as they have ours).

Film Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/silenceofhappiness

Silence of Happiness film trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lI6kxjR3L4

2) Dalai Lama Awakening

Director Khashyar Darvich just returned from a successful 36-city tour of the UK-Ireland with Dalai Lama Awakening, and we are planning film and Director Q&A Tours of the U.S., Canada and Australia during the second half of 2014.

Dalai Lama Awakening, which was a 15 year realization of a cinematic dream, presents the profound and life-changing journey of innovative Western thinkers who travel to India to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world's problems. The result was an inner transformation of the participants, as well as what audiences report is a personal transformational experience for those who watch the film. The new film was born from over 500 hours of video footage that was shot by 10 cinematographers over a 15 year period, and is a dramatically new "Poetic ReVision" and Director's Cut of his award-winning Dalai Lama Renaissance which won 12 awards and screened over 1,000 times around the world.

In a "5 Star" Review, Examiner.com calls Dalai Lama Awakening "a beautiful and thought-provoking film... [Director] Darvich's compassion and humanity is apparent... Note [the premiere] date because you will want to mark it on your calendar."

"Visually compelling, inspiring and thought-provoking,” writes Tom Richards of 'Surviving Ireland.' “Darvich has put together a compelling, slow-burning documentary."

Dalai Lama Awakening is a uniquely different cinematic experience that will take you more deeply into the heart of the transformational journey with the Dalai Lama. This differs from the first theatrical release in that there are 40 additional minutes of scenes and story, a completely new edit by the Director which brings a different cinematic experience, and a 100% newly composed music soundtrack.

If you or someone you know might be interested in hosting a film screening and Director Q&A, please contact us since we are planning the 2014 tour scheduled now.

Film Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/DalaiLamaAwakening

Dalai Lama Awakening Film Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgiNutr0pig

3) Compassion in Action (featuring H.H. the Dalai Lama)

Open your heart, be the change, and change the world.

A new film from the Director of the award-winning Dalai Lama Renaissance (narrated by Harrison Ford). Illuminating insights about the essential problems of our world today and how we might solve them, featuring the Dalai Lama and other revolutionary thinkers like Fred Alan Wolf, Jean Houston, Elisabet Sahtouris, Thom Hartmann, David Korten and others.

What truly brings us happiness? What are the essential problems facing our world today, and how can we solve them? What is at the heart and soul of the cultural “Hungry Ghosts” that seek happiness and fulfillment through money and things, instead of from within? In this inspiring and thought-provoking film, Compassion in Action: Dalai Lama Awakening Vol 2, the Dalai Lama and some of the most innovative and revolutionary thinkers of our time explore the sources of unhappiness and happiness in our world. This film is a deeper exploration of the ideas presented in the internationally successful documentary film Dalai Lama Awakening (narrated by actor Harrison Ford), directed by award-winning Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich.

Watch Compassion in Action Now: http://dalailamafilm.com/shop

Film Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CompassionInActionFilm

Film Trailer for Compassion in Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6UDmLbRSnw

4) Forgiving Buddha

Can men who have killed become Buddha?

Forgiving Buddha is "an illuminating journey into the fire of the self to free the mind." It is the story of 5 men, most of whom have been convicted of murder, and how they try to redeem and transform themselves after 25 years in prison through adopting a spiritual practice of meditation and yoga, as well as self honesty and deep reflection of their crimes.

Wakan Films was granted near full access to film inside an Oregon prison for a period of two years, and also plan on interviewing the victims and victims families of these crimes. The film will explore the capacity for inner change, forgiveness and compassion.

We have filmed over 100 hours of footage, and more filming is being scheduled to illustrate the characters' powerful stories.

5) Loving Charlotte

Loving Charlotte is an extraordinary feature documentary film that was filmed over a period of 70 years, incorporating hours of rare color home movie footage and video shot from 1939 through 2012, as well as thousands of photographs, color slides and powerful letters. It chronicles the life of “Charlotte,” and American woman born in Los Angeles during the Second World War, and her triumphant overcoming of unimaginable abuse through kindness, love and forgiveness.

Loving Charlotte will be released in 2015.

6) Road to Happiness

A inspiring and life-affirming documentary film about an American woman named "Peace Pilgrim" and the unique, sometimes quirky but visionary people who were inspired by here.

Peace Pilgrim, beginning in 1953, walked over 25,000 miles across America for peace, walking for both inner and outer peace, and captivating and speaking to thousands of audience members during every step of her journey. Her message was "This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."

The film will feature historic and powerful interviews with Peace Pilgrim, poet Maya Angelou, the Dalai Lama and others, as well as old newsreel footage from all of the decades when she walked.

Editing is nearly finished on the Peace Pilgrim film, and it will released in 2014.

Film Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PeacePilgrimFilm

7) Matrix of Compassion

Featuring His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, H.H. The 17th Karmapa, Buddhist nun Tenzin Palmo, and interviews with other influential spiritual thinkers of our time, the Matrix of Compassion takes us on an inner journey of personal transformation, as well as an epic cinematic journey through India and the West to understand our purpose in life and what brings each one of us true, deep and lasting happiness.

Edited from among 500 of hours of filmed video, this is an epic journey leads us to the intimate lives of a family inside of an Indian slum, to exploring the issue of forgiveness by a Tibetan monk who was tortured by the Chinese Government.

Editing has begun, and the film is scheduled to be completed 2015.

Film Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/matrixofcompassion

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