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Peter Woodcock

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023 - 12:57

Peter Woodcock

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023 - 12:57

Tribes and Individuals. Peter Woodcock, artist and writer, who has just died was good friends with many people in a number of different ‘tribes’. This was the last question in an 80 min. interview we made with Peter in conjunction with some BBC colleagues gathering material about the criminal purges of homosexuals in the 50s and 60s. Peter became a Dharmamitra within the Bristol sangha.

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Death of Urgyen Sangharakshita

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023 - 13:29

Death of Urgyen Sangharakshita

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023 - 13:29

A good friend has just died. Death is in the air. Part Four of the Great Ocean series languishes on the bench. And so I gave myself up to play, in just a couple of hours I found the footage, laid in the music and found myself very moved. I might refine it at some point.  

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The Buddhist Idea of Rebirth

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023 - 12:14

The Buddhist Idea of Rebirth

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023 - 12:14

I came across this piece as I was scanning through some footage I’d been asked (and paid) to film in 2016 for Thomas Kaiser from Norway who was interviewing a number of people at Adhisthana. Thomas has kindly given me permission to share this gem of exposition.

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Alchemy. Great Ocean: Sangharakshita and Friends 3 - from 1970.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2022 - 12:32

Alchemy. Great Ocean: Sangharakshita and Friends 3 - from 1970.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2022 - 12:32

I am going to celebrate Bhante’s 97th birthday today by publicly launching Great Ocean 3- Alchemy following a large and appreciative audience at it’s screening last Saturday in Wymondham College.

This is the third of four films very loosely summed up by the title and subtitle Great Ocean: Sangharakshita and Friends

At some point I will write about the key stages of the project including meeting Sangharakshita to talk about it and the first two films, Memories of the Road and Opening Out...

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Great Ocean

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021 - 12:02

Great Ocean

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021 - 12:02

I am very pleased to say that bookings for screenings of Memories of the Road and Opening Out are now taking place. Suryaprabha - surya4 [at] me.com

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Subhuti brings joy

Thu, 22 Nov, 2018 - 19:25

Subhuti brings joy

Thu, 22 Nov, 2018 - 19:25

For Bhante’s funeral I was filming from very far back, almost in the weather, but I liked the compositions. 

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Great Ocean

Sat, 6 Oct, 2018 - 23:33

‘Suryaprabha’s subtle visual means of conveying his message is an important contribution to the arts in [Triratna].’ 

Friendship is the lifeblood of our movement and Sangharakshita’s example is its source. But there is no real record of his friendships, and as time passes chances to create it diminish.  What is needed is a film about Bhante and friendship.

‘I am grateful for your very skilled, beautiful hard work. Yes, your videos are very important to me, to us all - important even in ways...

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Great Ocean

Wed, 8 Aug, 2018 - 15:20

Great Ocean

Wed, 8 Aug, 2018 - 15:20

Another Lights in the Sky film is in being made.

It is about Sangharakshita and friendship. There are two distinct elements: 50% his life as a series of friendship stories, the narratives are his own words, read offscreen by an actor*; 50% documentary interviews with people in different relationships to him. 

* Uniformity of delivery plus great audio quality is good for intelligibility, intimacy and empathy.

If you can please support the production by going to http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/great-friendship

A great film begins when you leave the theatre

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