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Dalai Lama Renaissance is a feature length documentary film, produced and directed by Khashyar Darvich, and narrated by actor Harrison Ford. Dalai Lama Renaissance documents the Dalai Lama's meeting with the self-titled "Synthesis" group, made up of 40 Western "renaissance" thinkers who hope to use the meeting to change the world and resolve many of the world's problems. The meeting took place at the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India in September, 1999. 

This very powerful film reveals the extraordinary wisdom and compassion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the  transformation that took place at a gathering of leading New Thought thinkers who came together in Dharmsala to discuss and solve the world's problems.

The film won 12 awards, was the official selection in over 40 international film festivals, and played in cinemas in over 100 cities in the U.S., as well as other countries in the world like Germany, Austria, Switzerland.

It was also released in theaters in Taiwan in June 2009. The film received positive front page Chinese language press in Taiwan.

There will be special appearance and Q&A with Filmmaker Khashyar Darvich.

November 11; 7PM 
General: $20 & Members: $18 

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Dalai Lama Renaissance is produced and directed by Khashyar Darvich. He has won numerous awards for his documentaries and other projects that have been broadcast nationally, including on the History Channel, CBS, NBC and PBS. Khashyar strives and is committed to producing positive projects that are both artistically satisfying and that impact audiences in a positive and fulfilling way.