''Dalai Lama Awakening'' is a 2014 feature-length

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, produced and directed by

Khashyar Darvich Khashyar Darvich is a documentary film producer and director best known for directing a documentary film about the Dalai Lama, "Dalai Lama Renaissance," which is narrated by actor Harrison Ford. He got his start in Colorado where he produced ot ...

and narrated by actor Harrison Ford. With over 30 minutes of additional footage and a new score, the film is a Director's Cut and revision of ''

Dalai Lama Renaissance ''Dalai Lama Renaissance'' is a 2007 feature-length documentary film, produced and directed by Khashyar Darvich, and narrated by actor Harrison Ford. The film documents the Dalai Lama's meeting with the self-titled "Synthesis" group, made up of 4 ...

'', the award-winning 2007 documentary. The film presents the journey of innovative Western thinkers who travel to India to meet with the

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. The film features Dr. Michael Beckwith ('' The Secret''), quantum physicists

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and Amit Goswami (''

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''), radio host and author

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, author

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, philosopher

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, biologist Elisabet Sahtouris, social scientist

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, and others. The film opened in the U.K. in 2014 and played to sold-out audiences during its 2015 tour of the U.S. and Canada.

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Thom Hartmann interviews director Khashyar Darvich.

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