Digital Dharma
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Digital Dharma: One Man's Mission to Save a Culture is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Dafna Yachin. The film depicts the 50-year journey by E. Gene Smith to hunt down and digitize over 20,000 missing volumes of ancient Tibetan text.
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Directed by | Dafna Yachin |
Written by | Dafna Yachin Arthur Fischman |
Produced by | Dafna Yachin |
Starring | E. Gene Smith Matthieu Ricard Khyentse Norbu Leonard van der Kuijp |
Cinematography | Wade Muller |
Edited by | Timothy Gates Kevin Malone Chip Schofield |
Music by | Michael Aharon |
Distributed by | Lunchbox Communications (USA) Off The Fence (International) |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Countries | United States Finland |
Language | English |
Digital Dharma premiered at the 2012 Sedona Film Festival and won awards at film festivals while also screening at museums and universities.[1] It later received a theatrical release and was invited to qualify for Academy Award consideration by the International Documentary Association through the 2012 DocuWeeks program.[2][3]
Digital Dharma has been called "a divinely inspired gift."[4] Its story and Smith's mission have been described as "undeniably fascinating."[5]