India Untouched Documentary Download
Luana Clermont
With the Indian state now acting against NGOs, activist filmmaking has also been in decline. It is at this moment that a new opportunity has arisen in the shape of the OTT platform, which promotes the documentary as entertainment. This did not begin in India; the most favoured documentaries on international viewing channels usually pertain to crime and espionage. Apprehending serial killers is a pet subject on the small screen and there is great public curiosity about what actual murderers looked like and where they operated. Delhi Crime (2019) was not a documentary series but an enacted one. However, it used the methods of documentary cinema to great effect through its emphasis on authenticity. The first season, dealing with the Nirbhaya case, was impeccably done and enacted.
WHAT moves young, educated people to give up their lives in material security for a spiritual quest that is characterized by uncertainty?
Through the Eastern Gate is a documentary film about the aspirations, practices and ways of life of three young Westerners who follow three different eastern spiritual traditions.
Does Western Buddhism encourage its adherents to serenely ignore their participation in the capitalist machine? So says prominent Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, whose pointed critique was inspired by this documentary. Featuring commentary from speakers as diverse as Tibetan Buddhist teacher Dzongzar Khyentse Rinpoche and economist Arnoud Boot, Sandcastles breaks open the murky subject of financial trade with insights from both Buddhists and economists.
This feature-length documentary follows three generations of Tibetan Buddhist nuns living in Nepal. See what happens when issues of spirituality, gender, and modernity converge upon these otherwise quiet Buddhist outposts.
The Golden Land of Myanmar journeys to a place in the world called Suvanabhumi, the Golden Land in the Mon State of Myanmar. This beautiful and auspicious land has remained a hidden treasure, unseen and untouched by the modern world. The film explores several ancient Buddhist pagodas that have only recently been rediscovered and renovated.
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