Tulku (film)

Tulku
DVD cover
Directed by	Gesar Mukpo
Written by	Gesar Mukpo
Produced by	Kent Martin
Starring	Gesar Mukpo Dylan Henderson Ashoka Mukpo Dzongsar Khyentse Wyatt Arnold Ogyen Trinley Dorje Reuben Adrian Derksen
Narrated by	Gesar Mukpo
Cinematography	Pablo Bryant Ethan Neville
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	May 25, 2009 (2009-05-25) (DOXA Documentary Film Festival)[1]
Running time	75 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Tulku is a 2009 documentary film, written and directed by Gesar Mukpo. The film details the personal experiences of five young Western men who were identified in childhood as being tulkus, or reincarnated Tibetan Buddhist masters.

For over 700 years tulkus have been sought out as highly revered leaders and teachers of Tibetan Buddhism. Beginning in the 1970s, several tulkus have been identified as having incarnated in the West. These new, Western-born, very modern tulkus lead lives prone to culture clash and identity confusion.