Learning to Swim
On and off for the past twenty years, award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Fox (Beirut: the Last Home Movie, American Love Story) has followed with her camera the renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Together, they traveled the globe.
The outcome is Learning to Swim, a feature-length documentary that chronicles the life of one of the last Tibetan lamas to be trained in Tibet, and his race to plant new seeds of belief so that Buddhism can flourish in the West.
The film interweaves the story of the filmmaker's own journey as a student of Buddhism and the journey of Norbu Rinpoche. Jennifer describes herself as a Jewish girl from Philadelphia profoundly drawn to his teachings.
Learning to Swim is about two very different people whose lives intersect. Both reflect the changing landscape at the turn of the millennium, where new borders are being crossed not just geographically, but spiritually.
Hartley Update
Now that the shooting on Learning to Swim is complete, Mary Lampson (Harlan Count, USA; Until She Talks) has joined Zohe Films to edit the documentary. Lampson finished screening all 600 hours of the film in late 2007 and started to edit in January. Learning to Swim is expected to be finished next Fall and filmmaker Jennifer Fox is actively fundraising to complete post-production.
How To Donate
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For More Information
For more information, you can contact Jennifer Fox, the filmmaker, at:
(212) 966 4427
E-mail: zohefilms@aol.com
Zohe Films Productions
116 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013
For more information, you can contact Sarah Masters, Hartley Managing Director
Phone: 1-800-937-1819 or 203-226-9500
E-mail: masters@hartleyfoundation.org
Website: www.hartleyfoundation.org
Hartley Film Foundation, Inc.
Westport, CT 06880