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Overlooked & Underrated Docs & Features
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The Knowledge of Healing: Tibetan Medicine
"The Knowledge of Healing" brings us viewers and listeners into the world of Tibetan medicine. Director Franz Reichle follows a few Tibetan practitioners as they treat people serious health conditions using their two millennia old tradition – one which I found deep and immensely elaborate. Franz also interviews researchers in Switzerland and Israel who are validating the phenomena associated with this approach. The Dalai Lama and his personal physician also appear throughout the film.
Reichle's revealing and respectful film highlights the power of the Tibetan approach to healing and health, and acknowledges the tragic destruction of Tibetan medical schools and the execution of Tibetan practitioners in the 1950s and 1960s by China. The loss to our world is immeasurable.
The First Run Features DVD's special features include an interview of the 14th Dalai Lama, an interview with Dr. Tenzin Choedrak, a musical performance with sacred instruments, a timeline of Tibetan Medicine, biographies, and a 'Trailer Gallery."
Now, I'm off to find a Bay Area-based Tibetan practitioner.