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Dharma Cinema Helps Set the Stage for Dalai Lama's October Visit
Keith Davis, 9/20/2007
ITHACA, NY—Dharma Cinema—a film festival celebrating the October visit of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama—will continue throughout September and October at Willard Straight Theatre, Uris Auditorium and Cinemapolis. A community-wide collaboration between Ithaca College’s Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), 7th Art Corporation, Cornell Cinema and Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Cinema will screen films to help set the stage for the Dalai Lama’s historic visit to Ithaca on Oct. 9 and 10.
The remaining films in the series are listed below. Tickets for the Cornell Cinema and Uris Auditorium screenings are:
- General—$6.50
- Senior citizens—$5
- Students—$4
- Saturday and Sunday matinees—$4 for all
- Cinemapolis tickets are $8
“Kundun”
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 4, 9 p.m.
Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell University
Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese’s hauntingly beautiful meditation on the Dalai Lama’s early life, “Kundun,” with which several Namgyal monks were involved, will be introduced by the Venerable Tenzin Thutop, resident Namgyal monk, on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
“Mountain Patrol: Kekexili”
Oct. 5–11
Cinemapolis
For times, locations and ticket prices, visit www.cinemapolis.org
This film was inspired by a people’s remarkable mission surrounding the illegal Tibetan antelope poaching in the region of Kekexili, the largest animal reserve in China. The story is brought to the screen with great detail by director Lu Chuan. Set against the exquisite backdrop of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Chuan tells the tale of brave local Tibetans who face death and starvation to save the endangered antelope herds from a band of ruthless hunters.
“How to Cook Your Life”
Saturday, Oct. 6, 7:15 p.m.
Cinemapolis
The series will conclude with this light-hearted documentary from German director Doris Dörrie about Zen chef Edward Brown and his good-natured exploration of cooking, life, and the world around us.
For a full listing of the Dharma Cinema offerings, visit http://cinema.cornell.edu/series_earlyfall07/dharma.html.
Originally published in News Releases: Dharma Cinema Helps Set the Stage for Dalai Lama's October Visit.