Video: “Dhamma Brothers,” about meditation’s benefits for prisoners, to air on OWN this weekend

We enjoyed this piece in The Huffington Post by Jenny Phillips about her meeting with prisoners at Alabamas Donaldson Correctional Institute who were learning to meditate. Inspired by what she saw at the maximum security prison, Phillips helped coordinate a Vipassana meditation program at Donaldson, which she documented in her documentary film, The Dhamma Brothers. The film explores the way the meditation teachers and the prisoners overcame their cultural differences, and the personal transformations the prisoners experienced. Watch a trailer here:

The film, which has received awards at numerous film festivals, will be shown Sunday, May 6 as part of Super Soul Sunday on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network at 11 am ET (1o am CT.) Phillips will be live... [via Shambhala Sun]