The Buddha

Grubin, David. (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Gere, Richard, 1949- (Narrator). Brown, Blair. (Narrator). Asia Society. Museum. (Added Author). David Grubin Productions (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in India, generated from the ideas of the Buddha, a mysterious Indian sage who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth, only that he was a human being who had found a kind of serenity that others could find, too. This documentary tells the story of his life, a journey especially relevant in our own times.

Item details

ISBN: 9781608831951
ISBN: 1608831957
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: New York : David Grubin Productions ; [United States] : distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"Produced in conjunction with the exhibition, Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, organized by Asia Society Museum, New York." Originally broadcast on PBS April 7, 2010. Special features: interview with David Grubin; interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama; making animation for The Buddha; Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematographer, James Callanan ; editor, Deborah Peretz ; music, Michael Bacon ; narrators, Richard Gere, with Blair Brown..
Target Audience Note:	Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Language Note:	In English with optional English or traditional or simplified Chinese Mandarin subtitles and optional video description; closed-captioned in English.