Bodhisattva  - the 17th Karmapa

Monday October 3rd 2011 | 18.00
De Balie | Grote zaal
English spoken 
+ Q&A 

USA - 58 min – 2011

‘Bodhisattva’ portrays the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, one of the most important Lamas in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Many view him as the natural successor to the Dalai Lama as the face of Tibetan Buddhism for a new generation.
In this hour long documentary, this young man of extraordinary warmth, humanity and charisma embarks on his first tour of the United States, where he speaks to packed auditoriums and delights in encountering this new world.

‘Bodhissatva’ interweaves the tour with superb archival of the Karmapa’s childhood in Tibet, sequences in Bodhgaya and Dharamsala, India, and film of the previous, Sixteenth, Karmapa.

A documentary by Mark Elliott ,  director of ‘The Lion’s Roar’, the seminal film on the Sixteenth Karmapa.

Director, Cinematographer:  Mark Elliott - Editors: Mark Elliott and Catherine Hollander -
Original Music: Theano and Chuck Lamb - Narration Script: Mark Elliott and Jeffery Paine

Director, Cinematographer:  Mark Elliott 
Editors: Mark Elliott and Catherine Hollander 
Original Music: Theano and Chuck Lamb
Narration Script: Mark Elliott and Jeffery Pain