Directed by Werner Herzog • 2003 • Germany

In this wondrous documentary about the power of spirituality, director Werner Herzog travels to Bodh Gaya, India, to capture the pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of Buddhists, who make the arduous trek there to partake in a momentous six-week initiation ceremony presided over by the Dalai Lama. Combining a deep reverence for the subject with his singular eye for landscapes and uniquely telling details, Herzog captures both the awe-inspiring magnitude of the event as well as the extraordinary lengths to which humans will go in the name of faith.