Kent Martin
1) Passage
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In 1845, celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin, along with his crew of 128 men, set sail from England in search of a fabled passage west. None of them were ever seen again. A search party found no evidence of any crew or wreckage. The mystery was eventually solved by John Rae, and they were so horrific that a public campaign was begun to discredit Rae.
2) Tulku
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
[2009 ;]
Language
English
Description
Enlightened Tibetan masters return as recognized "tulkus"--reincarnated Buddhas. In the 1970s, tulkus began to be born in the West, confusing both the Tibetan system and the lives of the Western children involved. Gesar Mukpo was three when he became one of the first people born in the West to be recognized as a tulku. For his entire life, he's been trying to figure out what that really means.
Publisher
Festival Media
Pub. Date
[2008, 2003]
Language
English
Description
From the World Cup to the mythical mountain kingdom of Bhutan, three students are on a quest that they hope will lead to wisdom. The catch is the teacher. Soccer obsessed, charismatic filmmaker and citizen of the world, Dzongsar Khyentse Norbu may be one of the world's most eminent Buddhist teachers, but it's a job description he slyly rejects at every turn.
Publisher
Drum Heaven Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Set at an idyllic music camp [Nasyrium Drum Camp] for emerging musicians in rural Ontario, A Drummer's Dream focuses on a rare assembly of some of the most versatile drummers in the world, including Nasyr Abdul Al-Khabyyr, Dennis Chambers, Kenwood Dennard, Horacio "El-Negro" Hernandez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Mike Mangini and Raul Rekow - awe-inspiring musicians who have backed up the likes of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Carlos Santana and now ? each...
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"The civil rights movement in the United States is usually thought of in terms of its leadership, but often the catalysts for progress were people who fought from within a larger group or performed individual acts of heroism. Some were victims who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. These are some of those stories"--Container.