Where to find buddhist documentaries?

[Nosta]

I would like to see more documentaries about buddhism. Not only talking about the generic/basic things about buddhism, but also about specific things: zen, pureland, monastic life (i would love to see more about monastic life), etc.

If you know any free/online documentaries, so much the better.

Thanks!

[Marmalade]

I would not know a lot about this, but I have gotten the impression that Vimeo.com seems to have quite a lot of long-length videos on Buddhisms, in the region of maybe 30 minutes to well over an hour in length.

Take for example this one:

http://vimeo.com/16766725

I'm not sure that it is what is called a documentary, but I have a feeling you might be interested in what he has to say.

About 6 minutes into the video, he makes the observation that there is a lot of wrong information going around about the Dharma, because what is happening is that people who know a lot about Dharma don't tend to speak about it much, but people who know very little about Dharma talk a lot about it.

You probably know about Youtube, but maybe Vimeo isn't so well-known, so i thought I'd suggest that as an avenue for you to explore.

[Inge]

Here is one - Yogis of Tibet: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1120080712987405885#

[Inge]

Here is another - Among White Clouds: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5902279151658995270#

At http://video.google.com you can select videos longer than 20 minutes and search for buddhist documentaries. There seems to be quite a few.

[Nosta]

Thank you very much for the links, to all of you.

I will check the links as soon as i get some time free. Thanks.