Here is a review of Amongst White Clouds by the Journal of Buddhist Ethics.

http://www.buddhistethics.org/14/kirkpatrick-review.html

If you would like to buy Amongst White Clouds either for your own personal use or as a teaching aid for your educational or spiritual institution please goto the buy Amongst White Clouds section of the website and you can purchase there.

The International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF), in collaboration with New York’s Rubin Museum of Art, presents a series of screenings of documentary films from IBFF’s Festival Media distribution service. The screenings, part of the museum’s Lunch Matters program, and connected with its current The Missing Peace exhibition, will be shown at the museum every Wednesday in June at 1:00 pm.

June 24, 4:00 pm - NY Premiere of Amongst White Clouds-Chinese Masters of the Zhongnan Mountains, by Edward Burger: inspired in part by the noted book by Bill Porter, Road to Heaven: Encounters With Chinese Hermits, this is an intimate insider’s look at students and masters living today in mountain hermitages in China. Filmed on location in China. Post-screening discussion moderated by IBFF executive director Gaetano Kazuo Maida. (86 min.)

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The Frontier Cinema is holding screenings of Amongst White Clouds at the following times.  The cinema is located at the historic Fort Andross in Brunswick, ME.  Tickets are available from their website.

SHOWTIMES:
Thur. 4/26: 5:30, 7:30
Fri. 4/27: 5:30, 7:30, 9:15
Sat. 4/28: 2:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:15

Consumer DVD Pre-order - From now until Feb 22 we are offering the Amongst White Clouds DVD for pre-order. By ordering now, you will be one of the first to get the DVD. The cost is USD $29.99 (USA and Canada) or $39.99 Intl. Shipping included. The DVDs will be sent out at the end of Feb 2007. Payment by PayPal or Credit Card only. PayPal payments can be made to info@cosmos-pictures.com and for Credit Card orders please send us an email at the same address and we will send you instructions for secure web payment.

*NEW* Forum - The new Amongst White Clouds forum was launched in order to create a community where you can discuss not only the movie, but topics like Buddhism, Buddhism in China and other topics. Director Edward Burger has said he will pop in periodically and be a part of the community. The forum has just started so we are counting on you to start up some conversations and questions to get the ball rolling.
You can start to post by first going to the forum and then clicking the ‘Register’ button and then signing in. Enjoy, and lets make a community together!

Update - Educational speaking and screening tour - Director Edward Burger’s speaking tour has been confirmed and you can now view the schedule. The “Amongst White Clouds: Sanctuary and Responsibility” tour will be taking place through April. If you would like to have the event at your institution please contact us at info@cosmos-pictures.com.

We are currently in the process of getting the Amongst White Clouds DVD ready for the educational market. We will be taking pre-orders starting immediately through until the 15th of February. By getting your order in now, you will be one of the first group to get the DVD and your copy will be shipped out to you between Feb. 20th and Mar. 1 2007.[full article]

Cosmos Pictures is announcing the release of Amongst White Clouds to the educational and not-for-profit markets. It will be released on DVD in both PAL and NTSC formats globally. The release date is currently on or before Feb 20, 2007 and will be covered by a special use license designed for educational use and not-for-profit showings within your organization. More info will be provided in the coming months, stay tuned.

Director Edward Burger will be doing a speaking tour at Universities in the Eastern States of America. He will be speaking on Buddhism, Buddhism in China and the Amongst White Clouds Movie. If your university department is interested to book him, please contact us at info@cosmos-pictures.com.

Amongst White Clouds will be holding a charity screening in the Director’s home town of Wooster, OH. It is a benefit for the restoration of the Sui Dynasty mountain monastery (seen in the film). Tickets are $10 and all proceeds go towards a fund for the restoration of the monastery. For tickets call +1 330 263-6229. See Show Times for more details.