Unmistaken Child :: Now on PBS

Yes! This documentary is now airing on PBS. Check your local listings. I'll be watching it next week in San Francisco on KQED on either Wed April 7 at 10:30pm or Thurs April 8 at 9:30pm.

To find out where/when it's playing on your local TV network, go here.

UNMISTAKEN CHILD by Nati Baratz

Are some people born natural leaders? When one of Tibet’s greatest monks passes away, his shy and gifted disciple must complete a monumental task he did not seek — to find his reincarnated master in the form of a child. Plagued by doubt, he goes on a journey to find the next spiritual leader as thousands of followers and the Dalai Lama await his discovery.



I just read an interview with the filmmaker Nati Baratz, and liked this:

PBS Independent Lens: Tell us about a scene in the film that especially moved or resonated with you.

NB: When the parents agree to give away the child to the monastery, and the father says, “For the benefit of sentient beings I can give up my child, otherwise who can give his child for nothing.” This altruistic attitude is a great inspiration for me and a key element of the film and of Tibetan Buddhism in general: Benefiting others is the greatest thing you can do for yourself.