The Dhamma Brothers is a documentary film set at an Alabama Correctional Facility. It tells the story of a Vipassana meditation course that profoundly affects the prisoners, offering spiritual healing and support within a harsh environment.
3:30-4:00 pm Reception with Dr. Jenny Phillips
4:00-5:30 pm Film Screening
5:30 – 6:00 pm Talkback with Dr. Jenny Phillips
This event is free and open to the public. Come be inspired.
Pre-register here: http://bit.ly/dhammamovie
Parking is free after 3:30 at Yale parking Lot 26V, 210 Prospect Street
For more information about the film please visit: http://www.dhammabrothers.com/Synopsis.htm
Excerpt from Dr. Jenny Phillips, Producer/Director/Writer
“I had been teaching meditation in prisons for several years when I heard from Robin Casarjian, the director of The Lionheart Foundation, that a large and growing number of prisoners were learning to meditate inside a maximum-security prison outside Birmingham, Alabama. When the prison psychologist, Dr. Ron Cavanaugh, invited me to visit and to interview some of the meditating prisoners, I packed my tape recorder and flew down…
Suffering is universal. The men at Donaldson are learning to become free within even while their bodies are imprisoned. In a larger sense, The Dhamma Brothers suggests the possibility of freedom from that which imprisons us all. The Dhamma Brothers are leading the way.”