Elda Hartley

Elda Hartley Trailers

The Art of Meditation Trailer

Elda Voelkel Hartley (March 6, 1911 – March 6, 2001) was an American stage and motion picture actress. Following a brief career as a Hollywood actress, which lasted from 1930 to 1932 and during which she accumulated four screen credits, Voelkel married filmmaker Irving Hartley, with whom she produced numerous documentary films on a wide range of subjects. In 1976, she created the Hartley Film Foundation, which was dedicated to promoting greater understanding of religion and spirituality.

Most Popular Elda Hartley Trailers

Total trailers found: 6

Buddhism, Man and Nature Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Visualizes the mood of Buddhism as the oneness of man and nature. Includes commentary by Alan Watts.

The Art of Meditation Trailer (1971)

11 November 1971

This VHS video includes two short documentaries by Elda Hartley. In the first, THE ART OF MEDITATION, Alan Watts gives us techniques and advice for meditating.

Zen: The Best of Alan Watts Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

A memorial anthology of Alan Watt's work. Watts (1915-1973), who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best known as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and Indian and Chinese philosophy in general.

Zen and Now Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

Gently experimental film introducing Zen concepts, narrated by Alan Watts.

The Flow of Zen Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

Alan Watts illustrates in this elegant meditation on Buddhism the nature of reality using the paradigm of flowing water.

Sacred Trances of Java and Bali Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Focuses on the religious practices of people living in Java and Bali. Describes the function of a horse-trance ritual that combines the basic tenets of Mohammadism with an ancient belief in animism.