Richard Gere is more than just an executive producer by name on “Wisdom of Happiness,” a documentary about his longtime friend the Dalai Lama .

“I’ve never worked this hard to get a film that I’ve been associated with to be seen in the world,” Gere, who first met the Dalai Lama about 45 years ago, tells me. “I think this is important enough that I have to give my last bit of energy to put this out there for people to see. At the very least, it will put a seed in the minds of people who see it.”

The film chronicles the then 89-year-old Dalai Lama’s life. It features the Nobel Peace Prize winner speaking directly into the camera as if he is having a one-on-one conversation with the viewer.

Gere joined the doc as executive producer after co-directors Philip Delaquis and Barbara Miller

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