Documentary backdrop image for Paramita (2024)

Documentary backdrop image for Paramita (2024)

202424 minPGdocumentary

Paramita

202424 minPGdocumentary

Prajna Choudhury reflects on her experiences with Buddhist practices and her relationship with her traditional Bangladeshi mother while exploring themes of healing.

Genres

Director

Synopsis

Prajna Choudhury reflects on her experiences with Buddhist practices and her relationship with her traditional Bangladeshi mother while exploring themes of healing.

People

Kirthi Nathdirector

Synopsis

Prajna Choudhury reflects on her life while walking through nature. She comes out to her traditional Bangladeshi mother and shares her experiences with Buddhist practices. The 24-minute documentary, Paramita, blends poetry and memoir to create a spiritual narrative. It focuses on themes of healing between generations, set against a backdrop of personal and cultural exploration.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Chi (2024)

Chi

2024•1h•★6.2TMDB

After more than 48 hours in transit, actress Babz Chula arrives in Kerala, India, seeking treatment from an Ayurvedic healer amid her battle with cancer.

Himalaya, a path to the sky I Slice (2022)

Himalaya, a path to the sky I Slice

Kenrap, an eight-year-old Buddhist monk in the Phuktal monastery of Zanskar, navigates monastic life after recognizing himself as the reincarnation of a 68-year-old monk.

Himalaya, a path to the sky I Slice

Coming of Age in the Himalayas: Two Young Girls' Journey into Adulthood (2024)

Coming of Age in the Himalayas: Two Young Girls' Journey into Adulthood

100 kilograms of barley are prepared to demonstrate a family's prosperity as Tenzin faces an arranged marriage in the Himalayas.

Coming of Age in the Himalayas: Two Young Girls' Journey into Adulthood

The Birth of Your Divinity (2026)

The Birth of Your Divinity

In Brazil, an Ayahuasca retreat offers participants a space for healing and self-rediscovery through Indigenous wisdom and personal testimonials.

The Birth of Your Divinity

Buddha In Suburbia (Buddhism Documentary) (2018)

Buddha In Suburbia (Buddhism Documentary)

Lelung Rinpoche, a key figure in Tibetan Buddhism, seeks to recover lost spiritual teachings while navigating his own path to enlightenment across multiple countries.

Buddha In Suburbia (Buddhism Documentary)

Queering Yoga | Mental Health Documentary | Full Movie (2024)

Queering Yoga | Mental Health Documentary | Full Movie

Skeeter, a butch queer woman, reflects on how yoga has helped her heal and embrace self-love despite feeling out of place in traditional classes.

Queering Yoga | Mental Health Documentary | Full Movie

These Turkish Dancers Are Whirling Up a Religious Controversy (2016)

These Turkish Dancers Are Whirling Up a Religious Controversy

Seven days a week, whirling dervishes perform a ritual in Istanbul that is considered heretical by some Muslims and illegal under Turkish law.

These Turkish Dancers Are Whirling Up a Religious Controversy

Toxic Tanneries Poisoning Workers in Bangladesh (2015)

Toxic Tanneries Poisoning Workers in Bangladesh

Every day, tanneries in Bangladesh discharge 22,000 cubic liters of toxic waste into the main river, severely impacting local health and the environment.

Toxic Tanneries Poisoning Workers in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Fear among Hindus as religious festival starts (2022)

Bangladesh: Fear among Hindus as religious festival starts

Seven people were killed during communal violence in Bangladesh last year, prompting fears among Hindus as they prepare for the upcoming Durga Puja festival.

Bangladesh: Fear among Hindus as religious festival starts

Spine-Chilling: The Real Amityville Horror (Paranormal Documentary) (2024)

Spine-Chilling: The Real Amityville Horror (Paranormal Documentary)

On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered six family members in their Amityville home, sparking a legacy of horror and speculation about hauntings.

Spine-Chilling: The Real Amityville Horror (Paranormal Documentary)

Uncover the Truth Behind Catholic Exorcism (2021)

Uncover the Truth Behind Catholic Exorcism

In Vatican City, half a million people seek healing from demonic possession each year, prompting a revival of the controversial rite of exorcism.

Uncover the Truth Behind Catholic Exorcism

Meet the Mormons: Inside a Fundamentalist Community (2023)

Meet the Mormons: Inside a Fundamentalist Community

Meet the Mormons in Rockland Ranch, a Fundamentalist Community with Three Wives, One Husband.

Meet the Mormons: Inside a Fundamentalist Community

Explore Paramita

Where else to watch

Forest of Bliss (1986)

Forest of Bliss

1986•1h29m•★6.8TMDB

Benares, India, is portrayed through a series of visual vignettes that capture the daily rituals and communal life along the Ganges River.

Forest of Bliss

Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut (2008)

Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

2008•1h•★9.5TMDB

Five Buddhist monks discuss celibacy, the role of women, and environmental concerns while living according to the precepts of the Buddha.

Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

A Mindful Choice (2016)

A Mindful Choice

2016•1h13m•★8.5TMDB

Eleven languages are used in a film about modern monks who travel to the United States, India, and Brazil to discuss meditation and mindfulness.

A Mindful Choice

A Mother Apart (2024)

A Mother Apart

2024•1h29m•★8.0TMDB

Staceyann Chin, a Jamaican American poet and LGBTQ+ activist, explores the complexities of motherhood and personal healing after her own childhood abandonment.

Darshan - The Embrance (2005)

Darshan - The Embrance

2005•1h46m•★5.8TMDB

In 2002, Amma received the Gandhi King Prize, an award previously given to Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan for their contributions to peace.

Darshan - The Embrance

Things I Could Never Tell My Mother (2022)

Things I Could Never Tell My Mother

2022•1h20m•★7.0TMDB

Humaira Bilkis navigates her changing relationship with her devout mother after a pilgrimage to Mecca while concealing her romance with a Hindu man.

Things I Could Never Tell My Mother

Secrets of the Code (2006)

Secrets of the Code

2006•1h28m•★7.0TMDB

The Louvre Museum in Paris highlights art, history, and spirituality connected to Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code."

Secrets of the Code

Browse more like this

Buddha In Suburbia (Buddhism Documentary) (2018)

Buddha In Suburbia (Buddhism Documentary)

Lelung Rinpoche, a key figure in Tibetan Buddhism, seeks to recover lost spiritual teachings while navigating his own path to enlightenment across multiple countries.

Buddha In Suburbia (Buddhism Documentary)

No digital watch option in your country

Meet the Mormons: Inside a Fundamentalist Community (2023)

Meet the Mormons: Inside a Fundamentalist Community

Meet the Mormons in Rockland Ranch, a Fundamentalist Community with Three Wives, One Husband.

Meet the Mormons: Inside a Fundamentalist Community

No digital watch option in your country

Samadhi Part 3: The Pathless Path (2021)

Samadhi Part 3: The Pathless Path

2021•1h30m•★7.0TMDB

Various spiritual teachers explore inner transformation and the potential for awakening to one's true self in the context of 21st-century consciousness.

Samadhi Part 3: The Pathless Path

Moksha (1993)

Moksha

1993•1h20m•★9.0TMDB

Bengali widows in Vrindavan, marked by white veils, find solace in ashrams where they sing religious songs amidst their struggles with societal abandonment.

Performing the Goddess (1999)

Performing the Goddess

1999•44m•★6.0TMDB

Chapal Bhaduri has performed as female deities in Bengal's Jatra theater for over 30 years, reflecting his struggles with identity and loneliness.

Performing the Goddess

My Mother Laughs Prelude (2012)

My Mother Laughs Prelude

2012•27m•★8.0TMDB

Chantal Akerman reflects on her relationship with her dying mother in Brussels, intertwining personal narratives with memories of her mother's escape from Auschwitz.

My Mother Laughs Prelude

Nanda Master'nka Chatasali (2025)

Nanda Master'nka Chatasali

For over 70 years, Nanda Prusty provided free education to children in a roofless school in Kantira village, Odisha, before receiving the Padma Shri award.

Nanda Master'nka Chatasali

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →