There will be a number of opportunities to preview The Buddha prior to its April 7th air date on PBS at screenings around the United States.

March 10, Houston, TX — Museum of Fine Arts — Highlights from the film followed by a panel discussion with David and other experts on Buddhism.

March 12, Washington, DC — Freer Gallery — Complete screening of The Buddha as the opening film of the International Buddhist Film Festival. There will be a question and answer session with David following the film.

March 16, Seattle, WA — Seattle Asian Art Museum — Highlights from the film followed by a panel discussion with David and other experts on Buddhism.

March 17, San Francisco, CA — Special private screening for KQED.

March 18, Los Angeles, CA — Chinese American Museum — Highlights from the film followed by a discussion with David.

March 23, New York, NY — Asia Society (sold out) — New York premiere of The Buddha followed by a question and answer session with David.

April 1, Los Angeles, CA — Pacific Asia Museum — Highlights from the film.

The Buddha will air on PBS at 8:00 PM on April 7.

The New York premiere of David’s new film, The Buddha will be at the Asia Society (725 Park Avenue at 70th Street) on Tuesday March 23rd at 6:30 pm.

The screening of the film will be followed by a question and answer with David and a reception.

This event has sold out. There are no more tickets available at this time.

David has won The Writer’s Guild prize for documentary writing for The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This is David’s 5th prize in documentary writing from the WGA for films other than current events.

There are two new ways to follow all of the excitement surrounding David’s new film, The Buddha:

By becoming a fan of The Buddha on Facebook.

By following The Buddha on Twitter.

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer has received a CINE Golden Eagle Award for excellence in non-fiction television.

The Writers Guild of America has announced their nominations for outstanding achievement in television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2009 season.

David has been nominated for The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the “Documentary – Other Than Current Events” category.

This is David’s 9th nomination for a WGA award. He has won four previously.

Winners will be announced on Saturday, February 20th at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards in Los Angeles and New York.

Video of the panel David participated in at the National Archives in September is available on Youtube. The panel was moderated by Cokie Roberts and included Michael Beschloss, and Drew Faust along with David discussing the role the Archives has played in their research.

The entire discussion can be seen in four parts here.

If you missed The Windmill Movie at the New York Film Festival or The Film Forum, you can see it on HBO tonight, Wednesday, October 27th.

David was one of the producers of the film.

“A fascinating portrait” - NYTIMES ★★★★ - CRITICS’ PICK - “Mind Bending” - TIME OUT CRITICS’ PICK - “A love letter to fading memory and the passage of time” - NEW YORK MAGAZINE “A feat of filmmaking… georgeously emotional” - FILMMAKER MAGAZINE “The most moving documentary of the year” - ANTHEM MAGAZINE Nominated for the Writers Guild Award Best Documentary Screenplay AFI SILVERDOCS

David will be speaking as part of a panel at the National Archives this Monday, September 14th on the role that the archive has played in his filmmaking. The panel will be moderated by Cokie Roberts (political commentator) and include Michael Beschloss (historian) and Drew Faust (historian and president of Harvard University). The panel, 75 Years of Discovering Archival Treasures, is one of a series of events celebrating the 75th Anniversary the archive’s establishment.

From the event website:

Monday, September 14, at 7 p.m.
William G. McGowan Theater
75 Years of Discovering Archival Treasures
The National Archives has been our nation’s record keeper for 75 years, and priceless treasures await researchers. Tonight a distinguished panel discuss their favorite discoveries in the National Archives and explain why records matter. Cokie Roberts, political commentator for ABC News and author of Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation, moderates a panel including Michael Beschloss, author of Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789–1989; Drew Faust, president of Harvard University and author of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War; and David Grubin, documentary filmmaker and biographer for the PBS American Experience series.