September 21 is the International Day of Peace, celebrated all over the world. To commemorate the day, on Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. the ZSS Engaged Buddhism group will screen “The Vow From Hiroshima”over Zoom. The film offersan intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 85-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor, Mitchie Takeuchi. Read more »
Come join us to view the film "White Right: Meeting the Enemy" following zazen during our Threefold Sangha Sunday Meeting on May 16.
Director Deeyah Khan, a Muslim filmmaker, had received death threats and racially charged hate mail from the far-right movement after giving a BBC TV interview in which she advocated diversity and multiculturalism. This film documents her face-to-face discussions with neo-Nazis and white nationalists, in an effort to understand why people embrace political extremism based on hatred and violent ideology. Read more »
Friday, Oct 16, 7:00 pm, the award winning climate change film, A Sea Change, will be shown at The Palace Theater. A Sea Change premiered to a standing-room only audience at the Smithsonian Museum, and a standing ovation. The film screened at festivals in North America, Europe, and Latin America, garnering multiple awards and aired on national and international television. Read more »
This Friday's movie night will feature "Old Plum Mountain: The Berkeley Zen Center- Life Inside the Gate", a film suggested to us by Kaz Tanahashi.“Old Plum Mountain” is a documentary film by Ed Herzog that shows how these Buddhist pioneers created a new practice of Buddhism that has widened Buddhism’s appeal in the Bay Area and around the country, helping to popularize eastern spiritual practices in the West. Read more »
Unmistaken Child is a touching story about a young Tibetan Buddhist monk's search for the reincarnation of his beloved teacher. This beautiful video has stunning scenery, and was filmed in Nepal and India.
