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| Abhishiktananda: An Interior Voyage. 83 minutes. | The life story of Father Le Saux, later to become Swami Abhishiktananda, the first Benedictine monk to come to India and harmonize Christian and Vedantic thought. He founded Shantivanam. One of the most inspiring videos we've seen on the spiritual quest. |
| A Human Search: The Life of Father Bede Griffiths. 59 minutes. | Born into English middle class in 1906 and Oxford educated, Bede Griffiths was a brilliant religious scholar an prolific author. This film tells his story, from his experiment with communal living in the English countryside, to his decision to become a Benedictine brother, and his creation of a meeting place for East and West at an ashram in Southern India, where he spent his last 37 years - a Catholic monk living as a Hindu holyman. He wrote many books widely viewed as spiritual classics, including The Golden String, Return to the Center, A New Vision of Reality, and The Marriage of East and West. A person of exceptional learning and profound spiritual realization, his influence transcends religious dogma and speaks directly to the spirit. A Human Search is an intimate portrait of one of the greatest mystics and thinkers of this century. |
| A Little Princess. Alfonso Cuarón. 1995. 97 minutes. | This is a wondrous, widely acclaimed movie filled with a storytelling magic that unlocks imaginations and inspires dreams. Sara Crewe shares a life of wonder in exotic India with her devoted father until he is called to military service and Sara is sent to a strict New York boarding school. To headmistress Miss Minchin, exuberant Sara is a troublemaker. But Sara draws strength from knowing that to her father she'll always be a little princess. With courage, imagination and kindness, she overcomes the hardships that come her way and changes both her way and the fortunes of those around her. |
| Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh. Helena Norberg Hodge. 60 minutes. | An eye-opening documentary about the Westernization of Ladakh, a tiny Buddhist land high in the Indian Himalayas near Tibet. By showing what has gone wrong in Ladakh, this film gives fresh insight and inspiration for millions of us in the modern West who struggle to live and raise children in saner, more intelligent way. Should be required viewing for all American. Sales support the International Society for Ecology and Culture. |
| Anne Frank. Robert Dornhelm. 189 minutes. | The stirring tale of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family for several years in a secret room to escape persecution in Nazi Germany, during which time she wrote her famous diary. She and her family were eventually discovered and sent to their death in a concentration camp, but her high spirit lives on. |
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Anne
of Green Gables. |
Adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's story. Set on bucolic Prince Edward Island in the late 19th century, Anne of Green Gables is the story of Anne Shirley, an imaginative and headstrong orphan. When brother and sister Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help Matthew work the farm, they are astonished when Anne arrives at the train station by mistake. "What use is she to us?" grumbles the gruff Marilla. "We might be of some use to her," answers Matthew, who has taken an instant liking to the talkative Anne. As Anne grows up, her adventures are both hilarious and moving. It's a delight to watch as she forms a friendship with the beautiful Diana and her admirer--the dashing Gilbert Blythe--then dyes her hair green, cracks a slate over Gilbert's head when he calls her "Carrots," and finds a sympathetic teacher who encourages her to attend college. |
| At the Gates of Heaven: Padre Pio. | |
| Awaken to the Eternal: Nisargadatta Maharaj. 56 minutes. | Includes the only known film of Nisargadatta. Features prominent writers such as Jack Kornfield, Jean Dunn and others who describe meeting Nisargadatta. |
| Awakenings. Penny Marshall. 120 minutes. | Dr. Malcom Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug on a patient called Leonard, to "awaken" him from his catatonic state. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Dr. Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life simple, but unutterably sweet, pleasures to the introverted doctor. A testament to both the tenderness of the human heart and the strength of the human soul. Based on the true story book written by Oliver Sacks, M.D. |
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