The Dalai Lama—Peace and Prosperity is essentially 100 minutes of wisdom from His Holiness. There’s no fancy narrative or history with this simple film, just a live talk at Radio City Music Hall by the Dalai Lama: “The younger generation—the real generation of the twenty-first century—you will be seeing a better world. Happier, more equal, more peaceful, more friendly. Of course, much of it depends on our own shoulders. Basically, I am rather skeptical of the power of prayer. Prayer, prayer—I don’t think it has much effect. Effect is in our own hands. Work hard—with self-confidence, with vision.” Pico Iyer, author of The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama will be around for Q & A after the film.
—David Holbrooke