Happiness is still possible, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty, the Dalai Lama asserts in the new documentary Wisdom of Happiness .

Among those who affirm that hopeful message is Richard Gere , one of the film’s executive producers, who has known the Tibetan spiritual leader for decades. Gere and fellow executive producer Oren Moverman join the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to discuss the documentary and what they’ve learned from the Dalai Lama – the Nobel Peace Prize winner who is described at age 90 as one of the world’s greatest living thinkers.

Gere, who began practicing Buddhism in the late 1970s, tells us why he sees the film as “a bit of a corrective.” He sees the Dalai Lama as teaching that humans are basically kind, loving and compassionate,

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