"Director Khashyar Darvich is an Iranian-American filmmaker who grew up in a small Ohio town,and is dedicated to making powerful documentary films on life-affirming subjects that inspire audiences. His documentary films have won dozens of awards and have screened over 1,000 times around the world. Aside from his current films on the Dalai Lama, which are touring theaters around the world, his two next films are the“The Silence of Happiness” (about deaf teen dancers in Sri Lanka who find happiness and purpose through dance) and “Forgiving Buddha”(about prison inmates who have committed murder, but transform themselves through self-honesty and meditation."
Narrated by actor Harrison Ford, Dalai Lama Awakening is15 year realization of a cinematic dream that presents the profound and life-changing journey of innovative Western thinkers who travel to India to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world's problems.
Show Time: 7:30 p.m., Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Advance tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com
Film trailer: www.youtube.com
