Filmmakers with a Spiritual Sensibility

Mickey Lemle -- the producer/director of Ram Dass: Fierce Grace.

Lo Pham -- a spiritually oriented filmmaker.

Paradise Filmworks -- Producers of Naked in Ashes, Origins of Yoga, and other films.

Empty Mind Films -- Jon Braeley of The Empty Mind and The Zen Mind films.

Spiritual Documentaries

Through the Eastern Gate -- "a documentary film about the aspirations, practices and ways of life of three young Westerners who follow three different eastern spiritual traditions."

Flight from Death -- "the most comprehensive and mind-blowing investigation of humankind's relationship with death ever captured on film."

Meditate and Destroy -- Noah Levine, meditation teacher and author of Dharma Punx, shares how Buddhism led him from a path of self-destruction to one of insight.

Prison Sutras -- The story of Fleet Maull, a practicing Buddhist who led a double life as a drug smuggler, went to prison and got really serious about his practice.

Into Great Silence -- "One of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, INTO GREAT SILENCE dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of monastic life."

Some links to the ill-defined world of spiritual cinema

The Hartely Film Foundation : their mission is "to produce, cultivate, support and distribute the very best documentary film, video and audio programs about world religions, spirituality, ethics and well-being."

The Spiritual Cinema Circle : membership delivers four movies a month.

Reel Inspiration Circle

The Institute for Spiritual Entertainment

Mysticalmovieguide.com : an extensive listing of movies, broken out by categories such as spiritual documentary, biographies, even comedy!

More Inspiration: some of my favorite spiritual films

Sun Valley: a spiritual film festival.

Damah Film Festival: dedicated to short films.

The European Spiritual Film Festival: has films available online.

Spirituality and Practice: a rather broad definition of "spiritual", yet you may find some interesting films.

Mystic Fire Video:an outstanding variety of movies sold here.

adherents.com/movies : a guide to faith-based movies.

The Arts and Faith 100 : 100 spiritually significant films -- leans toward Christianity.

The Conscious Media Network