A feature length documentary film by Christof Wolf
Now that inter-religious dialogue has become a great buzz-term, it is more important than ever that we do not content ourselves with the term alone. The encounter between Christianity and Buddhism illustrates how religions can learn from one another. A key figure in this success story, the Jesuit and Zen instructor Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle (1898 1990), first went to Japan as a missionary. He left us an unparalleled example of how dialogue comes to life in the encounter between people who are both firmly rooted in their own tradition and yet willing to become part of another culture.
Germany / Switzerland 2017, 110 Minutes, HD
The movie is a Telly Award Winner in the categories: documentary, biography, history and religion/spirituality!
Please watch the Teaser, order the DVD or watch it on Amazon Prime UK / US / JP. Please visit www.lassalle-themovie.com
A feature length documentary film by Christof Wolf
Every November an interfaith retreat is held at the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in Poland, where more than 1 million people, nearly all of them European Jews, were exterminated by the Nazis. Why would someone participate in such a retreat? How could anyone attempt to pray or meditate in a place that silences the heart and chills the soul? Filmed over a period of seven days, In Spite of Darkness tells the story of five retreatants among them, a Rabbi, an atheist, and a Catholic priest and how they come face to face not only with their own vulnerabilities and complicity but with new strength, peace, and glimmers of hope.
Germany 2008, 74 Minutes, HD
A documentary film by Christof Wolf
Bernard Glassman teaches a distillation of Zen wisdom that can be used as a guide for business, social ventures, peacemaking or just life. The documentary demonstrates the uniqueness and human impact of Glassman's work and life. Not only a Zen teacher, he works as a peacemaker in the field of interfaith dialog throughout the world. He has helped change a whole neighbourhood in Yonkers (New York). The film shows how one can live a life that matters.
USA 2006, 44 Minutes, HD
The film is a finalist of the Conscious Life Expo Film Festival 2008 and wins the "Best Conscious Art Film-Maker's Choice Award" - Culture Unplugged 2010
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A documentary film by Christof Wolf
At the beginning of the 17th century (from 1609) Jesuit missionaries in Latin America created settlements, the so-called reductions, for the indigenous population. Due to various political intrigues, these reductions were abolished in 1767. The noble experiment of a more just society thus came to an abrupt end and has remained a utopia to this day.
250 years later, we still long for justice, peace and freedom. Contemporary forms of government such as democracy also have their limits. Even in its modern and traditional forms, the question remains whether the shaping of society by majority decisions really is the right one. After all, it is all about how people of different cultures, religions and values can live together peacefully in one state. Just how much wise leadership and mutual respect is needed for this can be seen almost daily in our time.
Germany / Bolivia 2017, HD, Color, 16:9, 37:48 Minutes, German, Spanish with German Subtitles
Please watch Trailer and Film or order the DVD. Please visit www.jesuitenreduktionen.org
