| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2011

An example of advocacy filmmaking at its most inspired.

| Jun 13, 2008

A sincere but unevenly made documentary about Buddhism on death row.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 16, 2008

Most of these men will never know freedom beyond prison walls, but they have learned liberation from within.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 9, 2008

A sort of cross between The Shawshank Redemption and an episode of MSNBC's Lockup, the intriguing documentary The Dhamma Brothers makes a cogent case for prisoner rehabilitation over, as one inmate here bluntly puts it, being 'warehoused till you die'.

| May 9, 2008

There's one image you're likely to take away from this mind-boggling documentary. It's of rows and rows of men dressed completely in white and seated cross-legged on royal blue mats.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 2, 2008

The Dhamma Brothers offers a constructive alternative to the hopelessness of human warehousing.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 11, 2008

Takes you on a thrilling and hopeful voyage through a very dark place.

| Apr 11, 2008

Subject matter definitely trumps stylistic nuance in this solid journeyman effort.

| Apr 8, 2008

There's no doubt that the Brothers are a compelling bunch, but their story isn't well served here.

| Apr 8, 2008