Gaetana Kazuo Maida Movies
- 2007
David Lee Hoffman is a man who has devoted his life to tea. Hoffman is an importer who brings unusual varieties of tea to discerning drinkers in the United States, specializing in teas that have been grown organically and picked and dried by hand by growers who use experience and instinct as their guides. However, the bulk of Hoffman's most prized teas are grown by independent farmers in China, where the growth of industrialization and an increased demand for higher-yield cash crops is helping to put such planters out of business. Filmmakers Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht offer an in-depth portrait of Hoffman and the growers he works with in the documentary All in This Tea, which demonstrates how handcrafted teas are produced and how Hoffman struggles to educate drinkers about the finer points of a beverage that few have experienced in its most sublime form. All in This Tea was screened in competition at the 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
In this hourlong documentary, culled primarily from a 1991 interview with filmmaker Lech Kowalski, the late punk pioneer Dee Dee Ramone discusses his storied career - both as a musician and as an on-again, off-again drug addict. Taking its title from the Ramones anthem "Chinese Rocks," the film is mostly a one-person recollection, but includes many archival clips and concert footage. Director Kowalski previously profiled the late-'70s punk scene with his 1981 release D.O.A. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- 1998
Touching Peace: An Evening with Thich Nhat Hanh records an insightful talk the Vietnamese Zen Master presented to 3500 people at Berkeley, California. The video captures the great spiritual leader's flair for addressing complex human issues in simple terms and documents his philosophy as he speaks intimately on connecting to one's roots, community building, learning true love and living in the present moment. Monk, poet, scholar and peace activist, the video includes sections on Hanh's techniques and mediations for daily practice to help bring peace to the world.
~ Sally Barber, Rovi
- 1991
Above all else, documentarian Lech Kowalski built his reputation on a desire and tendency to explore the gritty underbelly of urban life - a thematic preoccupation particularly evident via this film. In it, Kowalski zeros in on a group of homeless New Yorkers who frequent a local soup kitchen. When the municipality threatens to shut down the establishment - effectively putting an end to one of the subjects' main sources of food - they take up the cause and prepare to fight City Hall. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
These videos are based on the writings of Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh. It contains commentaries, meditations, Nhat Hanh's personal stories, reflections and experiences as a peace activist, teacher and civic leader. Through understanding our world around us, these teachings and stories allows the individual to discover themselves through meditations, awareness through increasing our inner being of body and mind, and the relationship we have with others around us. Essentially, Nhat Hanh teaches the viewer in this one-hundred-and-fifty minute video how to adapt his Zen teachings into practical, daily living experiences, whether it's a traffic jam, attending duties at the office or washing the dishes. Finding the peace within and interrelating with the world around us are the principle foundations for the harmony we seek. ~ Forrest Spencer, Rovi
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