TULKU

Struggling with life as a tulku
Broadcast date: Sunday 24-1-2010 12.00 - 13:00 ned. 2
Repeat: Saterday 30-1-2010 09:30 - 10:30 ned. 2
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Gesar Mukpo is a filmmaker who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is the son of the great Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and his British wife. As he gathers impressions from others, Gesar reveals his own poignant story of living in the West with this unique label and legacy — endlessly scrutinized as someone supposed to be special and monumental. What does it mean to carry on a role designed for an old world when you’re living in a completely new one? How will Gesar and other Western tulkus fulfill their destiny?

He developed his film and video craft through commercial work and study with Buddhist teacher and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup; Travellers and Magicians). Buddhist themes provide the motivations for his most recent work, including the music video What About Me?

written & directed by: Gesar Mukpo
with: Gesar Mukpo, Dylan Henderson, Ashoka Mukpo, Dzongsar Khysentse Rinpoche, Wyatt Arnold, His Holiness Ogyen Trinley Dorje and Reuben Adrian Derksen
 producer: Kent Martin
 cinematography: Pablo Bryant and Ethan Neville
sound : James Hoagland and Pablo Bryant
sound design: Alex Salter - editors: Rohan Fernando and Ethan Neville