Tukdam – Between Worlds (2022)
• September 30th, 2022 • 1h 31min
Documentary, Mystery
Overview
Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature documentary explodes such assumptions through its exploration of a phenomenon that blurs life and death to an unprecedented degree. In what Tibetan Buddhists call tukdam, advanced meditators die in a consciously controlled manner. Though dead according to our biomedical standards, they often stay sitting upright in meditation; remarkably, their bodies remain fresh and lifelike, without signs of decay for days, sometimes weeks after clinical death. Following ground-breaking scientific research into tukdam and taking us into intimate death stories of Tibetan meditators, the film juxtaposes scientific and Tibetan perspectives as it tries to unravel the mystery of tukdam.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Dairy Farmer
Released on: 2023-11-22
Documentary
An observational documentary that follows dairy farmer Sophie Gregory at Home Farm.
Power in my Hands
Released on: 2018-04-12
Documentary
This is a film about the power of the Rosary, a Catholic Prayer. The film depicts personal stories a...
Okht-o-Reda
Released on: 2023-09-25
Drama, History, Documentary, Adventure
The movie Okht al-Reza (Reza's sister) narrates the journey of the Lady of Dignity, Hazrat Masoumeh ...
At Averroes & Rosa Parks
Released on: 2024-03-20
Documentary
Averroès and Rosa Parks: two units of the Esquirol Hospital, which - like the Adamant - are part of ...
DAWN OF THE MOROCCAN FITNESS
Released on: 2023-11-11
Documentary
Dawn Of The Moroccan Fitness is an inspiring documentary by Abdelillah Habbat Idrissi. Through engag...
No One Asked You
Released on: 2023-11-13
Documentary
Comedian and disrupter extraordinaire Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show) and her team of a...
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
Released on: 2023-11-07
Documentary
Together, Dolly Parton and GMA's Robin Roberts discuss Dolly's collaborations with numerous rock art...
The Zapotec Chef
Released on:
Documentary
After emigrating from his hometown in search of a better life, Chef Gaudencio Ruiz Mateo, defying al...
NANA MIZUKI LIVE SENSATION 2003 DOCUMENT
Released on: 2004-03-03
Music, Documentary
Documentary of Nana Mizuki's summer tour of LIVE SENSATION, filmed at Shibuya Public Hall with Zepp ...
Imen ES - La petite soeur devenue Queen
Released on: 2023-09-29
Documentary, Music
At just 24 years old, Imen ES, originally from Sevran, a city often seen as the archetype of a rough...
The Lucy Mission: Origins of the Solar System
Released on: 2022-01-03
Documentary
For two and a half years we followed the scientific team of the NASA Lucy Mission a mission that wil...
The Water Map
Released on: 2024-11-07
Documentary
The Water Map is an essayistic journey through the ethnography and landscapes of the Region of Murci...
Whistle
Released on: 2026-02-05
Horror, Mystery
A group of misfit high school students stumble upon an ancient Aztec death whistle. They find that w...
The Guide for the Perplexed
Released on: 2006-03-31
Documentary
Director Yigal Bursztyn’s made-for-TV road movie takes viewers on a contemporary journey in which he...
Fellini, confidences retrouvées
Released on: 2023-10-29
Documentary, TV Movie
Federico Fellini died on October 31st, 1993. Thirty years later, he is still considered as one of th...
Unto Midnight
Released on: 2023-11-09
Documentary, War, History
An anti-war exploration of the filmmaker's experience with recurring nightmares about a potential nu...