“Tulku” (2009)

Inte bara inom nyandlighet/new age man kan få uppleva sådant besynnerligt tydligen. “Returning home to Halifax and his family, Mukpo reflects upon his life and upon the experiences of the tulkus and teachers he has interviewed. He admits that there are no easy answers to the complications and contradictions of being a Westerner identified as …

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Tulku (2009)

“Gesar Mukpo was three when he became one of the first people born in the West to be recognized as a tulku the present-day reincarnation of a Buddhist master. For his entire life, he’s been trying to figure out what that really means.” https://www.nfb.ca/film/tulku/

Holy Hell: chilling Sundance doc reveals the truth about life in a cult

“Will Allen’s 20-years-in-the-making exposé of a Californian cult and its mysterious leader has left Sundance audiences – including former cult members – in tears” (Gregory Ellwood, The Telegraph, 26 January 2016). “What was most apparent about these survivors was that years after their utopia came crashing down many of them still relished and miss the …

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“Kumaré” (2012)

Vikram Gandhi utger sig för att vara den andlige ledaren Kumaré och lyckas få anhängare. Filmen har tidigare visats i svensk teve, och går nu att beställa på DVD eller ladda ned via nätet: Kumare Movie Kumaré is a feature documentary film about the time filmmaker Vikram Gandhi impersonated a fake guru and built a …

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