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The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations: film locations around the world. If you ever wondered ‘Where did they film that?’ , or you want to visit the filming locations of your favourite movie, you’ll find original photographs, trivia, links with essential details of travel and hotels in this essential travel guide. Simply navigate by film title or browse the name of your favourite actor or director. To search by areas, use the world map. >>> As we welcome our 20 MILLIONTH visitor in May 2016, you may have noticed fewer regular updates recently.

Well, that's because we're working round-the-clock (honestly) on the first major revamp of the entire site since our launch in 1999. With a new look, expanded details and many more titles, we hope you'll like it even more than the site you already know – so check back regularly for the latest news.

>>> Here's just one of the classic locations we're adding. Native American Entertainment Network - dedicated to all the Native and Indigenous People of our continent - Home. Five Great Films about Buddhism. To complement a piece of mine about the “10 Worst Buddhist Movie Characters” that our mighty editor posted to this fine publication some time ago, I would like to re-post another piece I originally wrote for my blog. This one is on “Five Great Films about Buddhism”.

These are all movies about Buddhist subjects that I find especially powerful and recommendation-worthy. My hope in sharing them is that you might find a title or two to add to your Netflix queue. And, please, if you have recommendations share them with us in the comments! 5. Wheel of Time (2003), dir. Werner Herzog Part of a triumvirate of documentaries made between 2003 and 2005 by virtuoso filmmaker Werner Herzog (who was Oscar-nominated this year for his astounding Encounters at the End of the World), Wheel of Time isn’t the unqualified masterpiece that his 2005 effort Grizzy Man is, but it’s still pretty terrific. 4. 3.

(View the trailer here.) 2. 1. Guess what, elephant readers? About Reverend Danny Fisher Rev. Opening Dao: a documentary film on Taoism and martial arts | Life Arts Media. Opening Dao Produced and directed by filmmaker and founder of Life Arts Media Gennaro Ambrosino, Opening Dao is a short documentary film on Taoism and martial arts, filmed in China in 2009. Scholars, top martial artists and monks explain the principles of the way, a treasure of wisdom that survived thousands of years. The film highlights the interconnectedness between the philosophy and the natural world and how its principles manifest in certain martial arts and meditative arts. The film contains exclusive interviews with Prof. Chad Hansen and Prof. Chris Fraser from the University of Hong Kong, Dr Wang Daoke from Wudang Taoist Association, Master Yuan Xiu Gang (Wudang Gong Fu Academy) and martial arts performances from Master Heng Wei (Tang Long Kung Fu), Master Yongxing Guan and the students of the Wudang Taoist Kung Fu Academy in Wudang Shan, China.

“Opening Dao” – An interview with filmmaker Gennaro Ambrosino Share Comments comments Tags: Martial Arts, philosophy, spirituality, Taoism. Documentary List - The best documentaries to watch online. The Viking Warriors The Vikings (from Old Norse víkingr) were seafaring north Germanic people who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries.

The Vikings employed wooden longships with wide, shallow-draft hulls, allowing navigation in rough seas or in shallow river waters. The ships could be landed on beaches, and their light weight enabled them to be hauled over portages. These versatile ships allowed the Vikings to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland, and as far south as Nekor.

This period of Viking expansion, known as the Viking Age, constitutes an important element of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Great Britain, Ireland, Russia, and the rest of Europe. Popular conceptions of the Vikings often differ from the complex picture that emerges from archaeology and written sources. Lifedocumentaries.com | Civil War slavery underground railroad. Freddie Mercury Biography. Freddie Mercury is best known as one of the rock world's most versatile and engaging performers and for his mock operatic masterpiece, Bohemian Rhapsody. Synopsis Singer-songwriter Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946, in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

He studied piano in boarding school in India and befriended numerous musicians at London's Ealing College of Art. The music of Mercury's band, Queen, reached the top of U.S. and British charts. Mercury died of AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia on November 24, 1991, at age 45. Musical Education Singer-songwriter and musician Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946, in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Moving to London with his family in the 1960s, Mercury attended the Ealing College of Art. Queen In 1973, the band released their first self-titled album, but it took two more recordings for Queen's music to really catch on.

In addition to his talents as a singer and songwriter, Mercury was also a skilled showman. Videos. Mahatma Gandhi Biography. Early Life Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India, which was then part of the British Empire. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, served as a chief minister in Porbandar and other states in western India. His mother, Putlibai, was a deeply religious woman who fasted regularly. Gandhi grew up worshiping the Hindu god Vishnu and following Jainism, a morally rigorous ancient Indian religion that espoused non-violence, fasting, meditation and vegetarianism. Young Gandhi was a shy, unremarkable student who was so timid that he slept with the lights on even as a teenager. In 1885, Gandhi endured the passing of his father and shortly after that the death of his young baby. Upon returning to India in 1891, Gandhi learned that his mother had died just weeks earlier.

Spiritual and Political Leader Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in 1894 to fight discrimination. The Salt March.