09 December 2014, 05:30 am
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
 
On a Express Highway (30 mins; dvd; 2003; English)
Directed by Reena Mohan
 
The film traces the journey of a 33-year old woman who gave up the material world for the austere life of a Jain Sadhvi 
 
Autumn in the Himalayas (56 min; dvd; 2008; English)
Directed by Malgorzata Skiba
 
The film brings to light the story of a group of elderly Buddhist nuns from Ladakh, the last generation of unordained and uneducated women in robes who lead isolated lives as domestic help and construction workers.  Neglected by religious and social systems for centuries, the new Nyerma Nunnery is their last call for dignity and enhancement and purification of their religious status