(Hindi film) Ayurveda: The Art of Being

          by Pan Nalin and Natasha De Betak (2001, 102 mi.)

WHEN:     1 pm, Sunday, June 8, 2008 

WHERE:   Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

               465 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. 02115

INFO:      617-369-3907  or  www.mfa.org/film

COST:     $9 general admission

FILM DESCRIPTION:  Originating in India, then spreading to Egypt, Greece, Rome, Tibet, China, Russia, and Japan, Ayurveda is considered the world’s oldest continually practiced system of holistic alternative medicine. 

In Ayurveda: The Art of Being, Indo-French director Pan Nalin travels throughout India, following several Ayurveda practitioners as they apply—with astonishing success – these ancient doctrines. 

This journey through India also examines healing from ancient to contemporary times.