Thanks to you
We're close to half way in reaching our $13,000 Fundraising Goal by 11.11.11
Thank You For Your Inspiring and Extraordinary Display Of Solidarity And Will Toward Making This Film A Reality!!
URGENT!!
Now, more than ever, with the increasing pressure from China, it's Ban on The Dalai Lama to visit Africa, its continued cultural genocide inside Tibet resulting in the
self immolation of monks in-protest, for the first time (in 1000's of years) in Tibetan history, the need to rally awareness and combat human rights violations in Tibet, the urgency to complete this film celebrating Tibetan Buddhist culture and it's impact in the west, is greater than ever!!
YOU ARE THE LEGACY, TODAY
THANK YOU!!!
See you at OM "Honor the Legacy"
And Tibet House the "Living Cinema" experience (read on)
Contribute by 11/11/11 to REFUGE ~ THE JOURNEYS
Donation Method
Buddhist Film Foundation, a not-for-profit educational organization, is a fiscal sponsor of REFUGE 2011. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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10/22/2011 Sneak Preview Benefit
Film Screening and Q&A at OM Yoga Center
October 22, 2011
Destination OM: Honor the Legacy
826 B'Way at 12th Street, 6th Floor
7 - 9 PM
You're Invited!
A Suggested Donation of $10
50% of Your Contribution will be dedicated to Dongyal Gyatso Ling Initiatives
On Saturday, Oct. 22, ( a Buddhist "Dakini Day" ) Cyndi Lee, founder/owner of OM YOGA CENTER is graciously hosting Destination OM in honor of Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo's presence in the upcoming work-in-progress REFUGE~The Journeys film. The occassion celebrates Jetsunma's spiritual journey and humanitarian work through film clips, discussion and Q&A.
The up-close interviews I have completed with Jetsunma for both REFUGE and the feature-length REFUGE~The Journeys cover the main beats of the overall story arc spanning the 1960's, when Beatniks and Hippies flocked to India and encountered Tibetan yogis and yoginis, up to the present day developments in the Western popular culture and spiritual evolution. Halpern
The program includes a screening of selected scenes from the film and interviews, an interactive discussion with founder and owner of OM Yoga Center Cyndi Lee, and a Q&A with David Nichtern, senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition and director / meditation instructor in Shinay and Tonglen, John Halpern.
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a Briton who traveled to India as a young woman in the 1960's, became a Tibetan Buddhist nun, living in a cave for 12 years and founded the first Tibetan nunnery outside of Tibet. REFUGE~The Journeys also features His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Martin Scorsese, Richard Gere, Oliver Stone, Melissa Mathison and Phillip Glass, among others.
To find out more, follow OM Yoga on Twitter or on Facebook or join the Friends of Refuge~The Journeys Facebook group or follow @4Refuge on Twitter. Media inquiries: john@mdsfilms.com.
10/29/2011 ~ Tibet House Journey
LIVING CINEMA at Tibet House
To offer participants at the October 29th Tibet House a rich, cultural experience I have worked together with a great team of inspired partners to create a cinematic experience, in real-life, for our guests. I coin the experience LIVING CINEMA because it provides an "experiential reality" of what the film is intended to feel like once it is completed. LIVING CINEMA is an experimental workshop for members of the Tibet House event and a model of what our film will be like.
From Yoga, to Tibetan Medicinal Wines, to a Moving Mandala Dance, to SNEAK PREVIEW from REFUGE ~ The Journeys, Key Panelists and Interactive Q&A we all wish that your October 29th evening will be a complete journey from Tibet 1950's to Tibet House 2011 through REFUGE ~ The Journeys.
It is our sublime honor to invite and to welcome you at Tibet House New York October 29th, 2011
Create the Legacy, Come to the Party!!
Thank You,
John Halpern, Director
Living Cinema and Screening, Interactive Media, Performance, Panel & Fundraiser:
October 29, 2011
Tibet House
22 West 15th Street, New York
REFUGE~The Journeys Destination Tibet House (108 Buddhas)
5 - 9:30 PM
Tickets
$108 for the whole evening and gift bag (purchase here)
$54 for participation after Yoga (6:30-9:30PM)
You're Invited!
On Saturday, Oct. 29, from 5-9:30 PM, Tibet House will be the setting for a Living Cinema event featuring interactive elements, film, performance, party and fundraiser for the upcoming feature-length film REFUGE~The Journeys, by New York-based director/producer John Halpern.
Refuge, originally a one-hour documentary film about East/West cultural fusion by Halpern, focused on a positive and healing message in the aftermath of 9/11. Now expanding into a feature-length film REFUGE~The Journeys, the film will continue its exploration of the impact of Buddhist culture and religion on Western society. It includes interviews with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Martin Scorcese, Melissa Mathison, Richard Gere, Oliver Stone and Philip Glass, among others.
The Interactive LIVING CINEMA Program:
- Anusara Inspired Yoga by Amy Elias and New York Times best-selling author Priscilla Warner, author of "Learning To Breathe - My Year Long Quest to Bring Calm to My Life", published by Simon & Schuster. (this is a 'cooling and healing yoga, non-vigorous. Please come and sit-in if you like!!)
- Musical Performances by Daniel McBride of Grammy-nominated band 13 Hands and Sundar Das Ruben Giron
- Dance Performance by Murray Spalding MANDALAS
- Live Mandala art installation by sand artist Joe Mangrum
- Tibetan Medicinal Wine tasting by Dr. Dawa Ridak and Organic Wine tasting by Banfi Vintners & Food by Rawvolution , Gnosis Chocolate and The Kitchen Yogi
- Tibetan Inspired Banners by Cheryl Stockton
- SNEAK PREVIEW from REFUGE ~ The Journeys~ and Panel Discussion with director/producer John Halpern, Rinchen Dharlo, President of the Tibet Fund, The Huffington Post's Alana Elias Kornfeld (Senior Editor, International), and Paul Raushenbush (Religion Editor), more to be announced
- A Meditation by John Halpern and Ken Frey, PT, instructors and Yeshe Nyingpo, NY
- Gift Items and Tibetan artifacts table by MODERN TIBET (more contents to be announced).
To find out more, visit or join the Friends of Refuge~The Journeys Facebook group or follow @4Refuge on Twitter. For media inquiries, please contact john@mdsfilms.com
About Tibet House: Tibet House is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture http://www.tibethouse.us/
Creative Team Roster:
Betsy Aiello Sanders
Amy Elias
Izabell Blumin
Beth Grossman
Christine Upton
Rebecca Carroll
Jana Haimsohn
Zil Ricker
Andrew Dutkowsky
Alex Halpern
Jim O'Hagen (In Memoriam)
Post Factory New York
Patrice Villastigo
Jeni Lynn Allen
James Merewether
..and more
Social Media and Web Design:
Aaron Weintraub
Blake Pogue