My Reincarnation: Filmmaker Interview with Jennifer Fox
Clip: Season 25 Episode 1 | 24m
Acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Fox discusses filming a documentary over 20 years.
Filmed over the course of 20 years, Jennifer Fox's 'My Reincarnation' follows a father-son story amid Tibetan Buddhism spirituality. Fox sits down with POV's executive producer Simon Kilmurry to discuss the challenges of showing spirituality in a visual medium, the challenges of editing a film which such a mass of logged footage, and the nature of "truth" in documentaries.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
My Reincarnation: Filmmaker Interview with Jennifer Fox
Clip: Season 25 Episode 1 | 24m
Filmed over the course of 20 years, Jennifer Fox's 'My Reincarnation' follows a father-son story amid Tibetan Buddhism spirituality. Fox sits down with POV's executive producer Simon Kilmurry to discuss the challenges of showing spirituality in a visual medium, the challenges of editing a film which such a mass of logged footage, and the nature of "truth" in documentaries.
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My Reincarnation: Dreams and Nightmares (Deleted Scene)
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My Reincarnation: Dreams (Deleted Scene)
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My Reincarnation: My Son is the Reincarnation of My Uncle
Clip: S25 Ep1 | 4m 50s | Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche believes that his son Yeshi is a reincarnation of his uncle. (4m 50s)
Preview: S25 Ep1 | 2m 27s | A Tibetan master rises as a Buddhist teacher while his son embraces the modern world. (2m 27s)
My Reincarnation: What Does Mandala Mean? (Deleted Scene)
Clip: S25 Ep1 | 1m 38s | Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche explains the meaning of the word mandala in Tibetan Buddhism. (1m 38s)
My Reincarnation: Yeshi Visits Tibet
Clip: S25 Ep1 | 5m 18s | Yeshi Namkhai visits to the monastery of his previous reincarnation. (5m 18s)
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