Compassion in Action
{{Infobox film
| name = Compassion In Action
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| director = Khashyar Darvish
| producer = Khashyar Darvich
| starring = 14th Dalai Lama
| editing = Ryan Charles
| studio = Wakan Films
| released = {{Film date|2014}}
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| country = United States
}}Compassion in Action (aka Dalai Lama's Compassion In Action) is a documentary film{{Cite web|url=http://www.dalailamafilm.com/product/dvd-dalai-lamas-compassion-in-action-documentary-film|title=DVD: Dalai Lama's Compassion in Action Documentary Film – Dalai Lama Documentary Films|website=www.dalailamafilm.com|access-date=2016-03-04}} produced and directed by Khashyar Darvich. Released in 2014,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/dalailamascompassioninaction_176533/movieoverview|title=Compassion In Action|website=Fandango|access-date=2016-03-04}} the film is a deeper exploration of the ideas{{Cite web|url=https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/dalai-lama-awakening-compassion-in-action|title= "Dalai Lama Awakening + Compassion In Action"|website=Angelika Film Center New York {{!}}|access-date=2016-03-04}} presented in the award-winning Dalai Lama Awakening. Compassion In Action is the final inspiring journey with the Dalai Lama and the "renaissance" thinkers featured in the award-winning Dalai Lama Renaissance and Dalai Lama Awakening films.
The film features innovative thinkers such as Dr. Michael Beckwith (The Secret), quantum physicist Fred Alan Wolf, radio host and author Thom Hartmann, revolutionary social scientist Jean Houston and others.
The film was 2nd billing to Dalai Lama Awakening during a successful 36-city double-feature tour in the U.K.{{Cite web|url=http://heyevent.uk/event/pjndp4vlxafr2a/glasgow-scotland-film-premiere-director-qa-dalai-lamas-compassion-in-action-dalai-lama-80th-birthday-film-celebration|title=GLASGOW Scotland: Film Premiere & Director Q&A - 'Dalai Lama's Compassion in Action' - DALAI LAMA 80th Birthday Film Celebration – Heyevent.uk|website=heyevent.uk|access-date=2016-03-04}} and played to sold-out audiences during a 100-city double-feature tour of the U.S.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bouldertheater.com/event/dalai-lama-awakening-narrated-by-harrison-ford-and-compassion-in-action|title=Boulder Weekly Film Series Presents: Red Carpet Film Premiere: Dalai Lama Awakening (Narrated By Harrison Ford) & Compassion In Action|website=Boulder Theater|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910124929/http://www.bouldertheater.com/event/dalai-lama-awakening-narrated-by-harrison-ford-and-compassion-in-action|archive-date=2015-09-10|url-status=dead}} and Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://heyevent.com/event/lqewp6k2mur7sa/hamilton-film-premiere-hamilton-on-canada-film-screening-director-qa-dalai-lama-awakening-narrated-by-harrison-ford-compassion-in-action-films-one-night-only|title=HAMILTON FILM PREMIERE - Hamilton (ON) Canada - Film Screening & Director Q&A - Dalai Lama Awakening (narrated by Harrison Ford) & Compassion in Action Films |website=heyevent.com|access-date=2016-03-04}}
References
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External links
- {{official|url=http://www.dalailamafilm.com}}
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3962058/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Compassion In Action] at the Internet Movie Database
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zTnJxOM-aw Film Trailer for Compassion In Action] on YouTube
{{14th Dalai Lama}}
Category:2014 documentary films
Category:American documentary films
Category:Documentary films about Buddhism
Category:Documentary films about spirituality