"Dalai Lama Renaissance" playing for ONE WEEK ONLY at the San Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, CA from Friday September 12  - Thursday September 18

Hello Everyone,

"Dalai Lama Renaissance" (narrated by Harrison Ford) is having a Special Theatrical Engagement in the San Francisco Bay Area at the San Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, CA from Friday September 12 through Thursday September 18.

Screening times are:

Ticket information can be found here: http://www.cafilm.org/

If enough people attend the screenings at the San Rafael Film Center during that week, then the theater might add additional screening dates so that more people will have the opportunity to see "Dalai Lama Renaissance," so please forward this information to your friends and help us fill the theater.

In May, because of popular demand, "Dalai Lama Renaissance" was held over for two additional weeks at the Roxie Film Center in San Francisco.

Along with featuring intimate, personal moments with the Dalai Lama, the documentary features Michael Beckwith (from "The Secret"), Quantum Physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami from "What the Bleep Do We Know," Air America radio host and author Thom Hartmann, and others.

"Dalai Lama Renaissance is about Forty of the world’s most innovative thinkers who travel to India in the Himalayan Mountains to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world’s problems. What happened was surprising and unexpected. Narrated by actor Harrison Ford.

"Dalai Lama Renaissance" is the official selection of 38 film festivals around the world, and has won 12 awards.

Film Critic John Griffin of the Montreal Gazette calls 'Dalai Lama Renaissance' "a provocative, even enlightening film... fascinating, ravishingly beautiful and sonically soothing."

Amy Wong of LA Yoga Magazine writes: "it is a stunning tour-de-force [and an] intimate glimpse into the Dalai Lama's life."

You can read reviews of the film, and find other information here: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com

For Ticket information, please visit: http://www.cafilm.org/

Here are the days when "Dalai Lama Renaissance" is playing at the San Rafael Film Center in San Rafael:

San Rafael, CA

Beginning Date of Theatrical Exhibition: September 12, 2008 - September 18, 2008
Theater Name: Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
Address of Theater: 1118 Fourth Street (Between A & B); San Rafael, CA 94901
Website: http://www.cafilm.org/    
Contact Phone: (415) 454-1222

“Dalai Lama Renaissance” is the first theatrical film about the Dalai Lama in U.S. since the international spotlight on China and Tibet; Narrator Harrison Ford expresses support for the Dalai Lama.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – “Dalai Lama Renaissance” (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com), an award-winning 80 minute documentary film narrated by actor Harrison Ford, held its U.S. theatrical premiere on May 23 in San Francisco.

“Dalai Lama Renaissance,” produced and directed by Khashyar Darvich, is the first film about the Dalai Lama and Tibet to open theatrically in the United States since the international spotlight placed on China for its firm handling of Tibetan protestors speaking out against Chinese policies in Tibet.

San Francisco recently experienced protests over the running of the Olympic torch in the city, a few months before the Summer Olympic Games, which started in Beijing on August 8.

In the documentary, the Dalai Lama discusses the calls for economic sanctions against China, and emphasizes that he could not support economic sanctions towards China since it would hurt the ordinary Chinese poor.

"I narrated Dalai Lama Renaissance,” says Harrison Ford, “because I believe His Holiness is making a positive influence in our world.  For me, the film represented an opportunity to continue assisting the optimistic efforts of an extraordinary individual.”

In 1995, Ford spoke to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee about Chinese policy in Tibet:

Ford told the Congressional panel: “The Tibetan struggle is no ordinary freedom struggle… It is a path of non-violence… As an American who cares deeply about justice, freedom and democracy, I can tell you that this is a cause that touches at the core of our own values. It is about the survival of a people who seek only to democratically determine their own government, to have the freedom to practice their own religion without interference, and to bring up their children in a safe environment where they can be proud of their unique heritage.”

“Dalai Lama Renaissance” premiered theatrically in the United States on May 23 in San Francisco at the Roxie Theater, and in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Santa Fe Film Center. On May 29, the film screened theatrically at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado, and then began a theatrical run in Portland on June 28. It is expected to play in several additional cities across the U.S.a

On October 30, the film opens theatrically in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and will be released in Holland and Belgium in November. It is expected to be released in several other countries around the world before the end of the year.

“Dalai Lama Renaissance” has won 12 film festival awards, and is the official selection of 38 film festivals around the world, where it consistently has attracted sold out audiences.

The film tells the story of 40 Western innovative thinkers who travel to India in the Himalayan Mountains to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world’s problems. What happened was surprising and unexpected, and was captured by a five camera, 18 person crew.

The film features two of the starring quantum physicists from the hit theatrical documentary “What the Bleep Do We Know,” Physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami. Also appearing in “Dalai Lama Renaissance” are Michael Beckwith (who appears in the film “The Secret” with Wolf), Air America radio host Thom Hartmann, and others.

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Film Critic Reviews of “Dalai Lama Renaissance”:

“a provocative, even enlightening film.”
“fascinating, ravishingly beautiful and sonically soothing.”

 - John Griffin - Montreal Gazette

 “This is a fine film and worth seeing”
 
- Jordan Colburn - Hollywood Today
 
 
“an extraordinary portrait of His Holiness at work.”
“Some of the best… comic scenes in any new film out there right now”

- Bob Graham - San Francisco Bay Times
 
 
“It is a stunning tour-de-force”
“intimate glimpse into the Dalai Lama’s life”
 
- Amy Wong - LA Yoga Magazine
 
 
“This film was startlingly original”
“a revelatory documentary”
“a beautiful and fresh window on the Dalai Lama”
 
- Jean Miyake Downey - Kyoto Journal
 
 
“a moving form of visual poetry”
“Captures… momentous magic. Applause to the filmmakers for revealing the jewel in the lotus… The film is an intimate and stirring testimony…”
 
- Donna Strong - Awareness Magazine
 
 
“It is indeed inspiring and thought provoking.”
“an interesting documentary paying tribute to a fascinating individual.”

- YNOT at the Movies (YNOTmovies.blogspot.com)