One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage vs Though I Am Gone

One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Though I Am Gone). Though I Am Gone is the shorter watch at 1h 6m compared with 1h 21m. Though I Am Gone is the older of the two (2006 against 2019). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage posterOne Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage2019 VS Though I Am Gone posterThough I Am Gone2006
One Mind: A Zen PilgrimageThough I Am Gone
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.5/10
Year20192006
Length1h 21m1h 6m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country––
DirectorEdward A. BurgerHu Jie
Main cast–Jingyao Wang

Synopsis

One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage

ONE MIND is an immersive cinematic meditation on Zen monastic life in China, where a communion of nature, meditation, and labor reveals a carefully crafted way of life that reflects the very wisdom it seeks to cultivate.

Though I Am Gone

Filmmaker Hu Jie uncovers the tragic story of a teacher beaten to death by her students during the Cultural Revoution. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution exploded throughout China, as Mao's Red Guards persecuted suspected Rightists. Bian Zhongyun, the vice principal of a prestigious school in Beijing, was beaten to death by her own students, becoming one of the first victims of the revolutionary violence that would engulf the entire nation.

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