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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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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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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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The Life of the Order

Mon, 23 Apr, 2018 - 10:09

The Life of the Order

Mon, 23 Apr, 2018 - 10:09

Lights in the Sky film commissioned to celebrate 50 years since the founding of the Triratna Buddhist Order in London, 7 April 1968. It’s a 45 minute compilation of the main themes of the four-part History of the FWBO series http://www.lightsinthesky.org/Lights_In_The_Sky_Films/triratna_history.html

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Holy Lanka

Mon, 19 Feb, 2018 - 21:21

Holy Lanka

Mon, 19 Feb, 2018 - 21:21

My trip to Sri Lanka January 2017 was a chance for me to try shooting 4k with a Sony AX100 camera bought second hand just days before the flight from London. So an experiment. Edited, and even sound edited, on FCP X. Altogether a new and, um, interesting experience. More so than the holiday itself, perhaps, because I had noone to share the trip with, though I did enjoy a few days spent with Jinasena at his wonderful restaurant in...

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Body and Soul trailer.

Fri, 5 Dec, 2014 - 16:46

Body and Soul trailer.

Fri, 5 Dec, 2014 - 16:46
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NOT CHOOSING

Sat, 28 Jun, 2014 - 12:48

NOT CHOOSING

Sat, 28 Jun, 2014 - 12:48HAPPENSTANCE, A HOLOGRAM, ‘choosing not choosing’ conveys something of the filmmaker’s starting point for making a documentary about the Triratna Buddhist Order. Leaving aside the unenviable task of selecting those most ‘worthy’ to represent a 2000 strong body, I chose not choosing 1 name out of every 92 on the Order’s chronological register of ordinations. 11 European, 9 Indian and 1 Australasian Order members who live in 6 countries was the result. This method allows me to have...
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RUPA QAWWALI

Sun, 1 Jun, 2014 - 23:43

RUPA QAWWALI

Sun, 1 Jun, 2014 - 23:43A GROUP RITUAL has more to do with play than performance.
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QAWWALI IN DAPOLI

Thu, 29 May, 2014 - 17:25

QAWWALI IN DAPOLI

Thu, 29 May, 2014 - 17:25THE FIRST of two pieces of qawwali music I filmed in Dapoli, Konkan, India at the BH hostel in 2006. Probably in a room after puja on an all ages retreat during a traditional Indian holiday. It is just as I filmed it. It could be a Sufi-Buddhist fusion though I don’t understand the words they are singing. However, the youthful, even intoxicated male energy comes over as clearly now as that time. By the way, virtually...