Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

The Long Search 

Protestant Spirit USA (50 mins)

In the 1100 churches of Indianopolis, there is a bewildering multiplicity of Prostestantism –churches with the deluxe seating and styling; services conducted with the professionalism of a television specular and congregations that occupy every seat at the four staggered services on Sunday.  The US church is booming and in some quarters it is big business

 

Hindusim: 330  Million Gods (52 mins)

Traces the Indian religious experience in two highly contrasting locations: the bustling city of Benares where millions come to bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges, and the small village of Bhith Bhagwanpur, unvisited except by professional story tellers and itinerant priests. The film looks at the Hindu approach to God

 

Films presented by Ronald Eyre

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)