hinduism film recommendations

[tatiana.oranskaia]

Dear colleagues,

sorry if the film "Vari - an Indian Pilgrimage" by the great  
ethnologist Guenther Sontheimer and Henning Stegmueller (1989  
http://www.onlinefilm.org/de_DE/film/51112) has already been mentioned  
during this exchange of information.
It is one of the most fascinating and moving - in the best sense of  
the word - documentaries I have ever seen.

Best wishes
Tatiana

-- 
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Oranskaia
Abteilung für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets
Asien-Afrika-Institut
Universität Hamburg
Alsterterrasse 1
20534 Hamburg

Tel.: 040 42838 3387/85
Fax: 040 42838 6944
tatiana.oranskaia at uni-hamburg.de



Zitat von Lance Nelson <lnelson at SANDIEGO.EDU>:

> Colleagues,
>
> One of my favorites, though now a tad dated, is the BBC film "The  
> Fourth Stage," which documents the deliberations of a retired Deccan  
> Herald editor as he tries to decide whether he should follow a  
> family tradition and take samnyasa in his old age.  Included is his  
> pilgrimage to Srngeri (where he has an interview the Sankaracarya)  
> and Banaras (where he observes a ritual initiation into samnyasa),  
> as well as a fascinating discussion with his family ("We're all  
> against your idea!).  Now available on DVD. See:
>
> http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/fourth.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Lance
> ______________________________
> Lance Nelson
> Theology & Religious Studies
> University of San Diego
>