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This Week in Transformational Media
Summer is officially over, but transformational media is hot! This week brings the premiere of Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus in NYC as part of the Clinton Global Initiative. Also in NYC this week To Catch a Dollar: Mohammad Yunis Bank on America launches a 1 week run, and the Mashable Social Good Conference takes place (also available via live streaming). The Global Peace Film Festival takes place in Orlando this weekend.
On the west coast, there is a special screening of Tapestries of Hope with CNN hero Betty Makoni, who's work is highlighted in the film present…
End of Summer
While it was a relatively quiet week as we move into September and thoughts turn back to work and school, there is a great deal to be excited about. The world premiere of Yogawoman in LA highlighted how women are changing the face of yoga and how that is leading to changes in women and the world. Last week Got the Facts on Milk? also premiered in LA. Reviews coming soonHave you seen The Help? Join in the discussion of whether its a transformational film: Take PollPlan Ahead:
Tuesday 9/6 Yogawoman in San Francisco, CA
Friday 9/9 Freedom in Boulder,…
Summer is Hot Time for Transformational Media
No summertime blues in the transformational media world. This week bring several film festivals and the premieres of some powerful films. Freedom, the new film from the team that produced the Sundance Award-winning Fuel, launches a 50 city tour. The Power of Two by Academy Award nominated producer Marc Smolowitz premieres at DocuWeeks. The American Renewable Energy Day Film Festival features Carbon Nation, The Last Mountain, Queen of the Sun and more.
Transformational Media Blooming
As we start to feel the blossoming of spring, there is also an abundant blooming of transformational media events. Its interesting that after Inside Job won the Academy Award for Best Documentary last month, this month brings a crop of fresh economic views and alternatives. Some of the many events this week include:
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nations Capital finishes its 19th year.
Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization airs on PBS on March 30th as part of the Journey to Planet Earth series.
Pig Business on Capitol Hill
On Wednesday, March 9th at 6:00pm, the Center for Food Safety in collaboration with Congressman Dennis Kucinich presented a special screening of Pig Business at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center’s North Orientation Theater in Washington, DC. The film explores the impact of factory pig farms on the environment, workers, human health, rural communities and animal welfare. Introductory remarks will be made by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr and the director of Pig Business, Tracy Worcester.
Conscious Life Film Festival
This past weekend, I attended the Conscious Life Expo. It took place in Los Angeles, CA, at the LAX Hilton. One of my main areas of interest, this time around, was film and media, so I made a point to experience the Conscious Life Film Festival. I attended the Transformational Media Panel on Friday evening, saw a variety of films and excerpts over the weekend, and attended the awards ceremony on Sunday evening.
Sing Your Song
I just stepped out from a screening of Sing Your Song at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Wow! I have never been so moved by a movie – alternating wanting to cry and clap.This powerful film illuminates the life of Harry Belefonte, a man who is loved for his music, acting, personality and his humanitarianism. He is a true global citizen who has been involved with creating positive change in the world his whole life. From his beginnings in the Theater in Harlem the marvelous archival footage of him performing as an actor and singer to his role as voice…
Transformational Films: A Genre on the Threshold
It’s true that almost anywhere you go there is a film festival of some kind, but be thankful – they have taken the place of “big cinema” as venues for quality movies that may never see the dark of a Cineplex. This is especially true for movies without the enviable budgets of their studio counterparts or whose uplifting messages or controversial subject matter get passed over for the lucre of lowest-common-denominator filmmaking.
Film and Movement - Sundance Discussion
This year’s Sundance Film Festival featured a provocative panel with Michael Moore, Harry Belafonte, Bill Haney, and Sheila Johnson. After opening remarks by moderator Jeff Chang – about the effect of art on culture and society – Harry Belafonte set the stage with his opening comment: “Artists are the caretakers of the truth.” Belafonte was amazing in how he delivered the message with such power and love. His passion, which has involved him with civil rights and many Presidents, was evident in his eyes. He punctuated his inspiring comment with quotes such as Paul Robeson's, "to mute radicals is to mute freedom.”
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