Film
Rachael Romero
A 19 minute documentary short by the award winning independent film maker, Rachael Loori Romero.
An intimate portrait of one of the early and foremost teachers of Zen Buddhism in the United States. John Daido Loori was the founder and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, in Mt Tremper, NY and the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order. He received dharma transmission from both the Soto and Rinzai Orders. Loori authored more than twenty books on the dharma and was a photographer and nature lover all his life. Before becoming a zen monk Loori served in the U.S. Navy, worked for a number of years as a scientist and married twice. He is survived by three children, two brothers, four grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and his wife, Rachael Loori Romero who made this visual poem in his memory.
Zen Master: A portrait of John Daido Loori (1931-2009)
New York Times Critic's Pick.
In the Shadow of Eden, 2004,
We Can Make It! 15 minutes, 2007Meet an assortment of once-homeless artists as they sing and dance their way through preparations for their fourth art exhibit at the Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York. Shot and edited by their long-time teacher, the award winning artist and film maker Rachael Romero. It is an intimate document of odd ball talent, perseverance, love and laughter.
2010 Z ZEN MASTER: an intimate portrait of John Daido Loori, 18:56
2007, We Can Make it! Rachaels' workshop for rough sleepers prepares for an exhibit at Lincoln Center.
2005, Water, Wind and Sky, 30 minute video loop presented in the
Beacon Fire House Gallery, Beacon, NY
2003-04, In the Shadow of Eden, 22 minutes,
Premiered at the Yale Center for British Art in September 2003 Awards: Spirit Award for short doc, Moondance, Boulder, CO
Winner, Short Film, Film Fest New Haven, New Haven, CT
2001 A Different Lens: the art of Laura Craig McNellis, 15 minutes,
Water, Wind and Sky,
30 minute video loop on DVD
A homeless woman falls asleep in the Japanese wing of the Metropolitan Museum and dreams she is on a lake in the Adirondacks
