Common Ground: This Inspiring Documentary Shares the Future of Regenerative Farming In the heart of the agricultural revolution, a quiet yet powerful movement is reshaping the landscape of farming – regenerative agriculture. This movement is brilliantly depicted in the new documentary, "Common Ground," a must-see follow-up to the hit "Kiss the Ground," which touched over [...]
Brilliant Disguise Shares How K.C. Tewari Influenced a Generation Brilliant Disguise is a feature-length documentary that tells the life story of a humble Indian man, K.C. Tewari. K.C. Tewari was not a household name, but he helped influence the spiritual paths of multiple generations as well as the influx of Eastern spirituality in [...]
3 Helpful Maxims to Live by from the film The Cherry Bushido With the global spread of the coronavirus pandemic, our life has forever changed. Inundated by the flood of information from media reports and social media posts, we find ourselves constantly living in fear that we may fall ill, lose our job, not be [...]
The Magical World of Fantastic Fungi are Integral to our Ecosystem How do we make the invisible visible? This challenge is the life work of cinematographer, photographer, director, and producer Louie Schwartzberg. Fifteen years ago, he embarked on the mission to turn his camera lens to the magical world of fungi. The result is the [...]
Monica Gagliano in the film AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness What is Consciousness? Find out in the Documentary AWARE The traditions of Yoga advocate for a deep inner contemplation of the nature of awareness. The documentary film AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness is about that very exploration as told by six main characters: a brain [...]
Our perspective of the world is shaped by the eyes we see through and our view of the space around us and how we move through it. Filmmaker Elizabeth Lo accomplishes something provocative in Stray. She truly shows us the world through the perspective and eyes of a group of stray dogs living in Istanbul, [...]
Infinite Potential Filmmaker Paul Howard talks about Lessons from Physics & Philosophy “We aren’t just things in space. We are places of transformation.” Artist Sir Antony Gormley offers this reflection about an hour into the powerful documentary Infinite Potential. Filmmaker Paul Howard takes on a seemingly daunting task in this film. Infinite Potential examines the [...]
Film as Activism in Understanding Mental Health May is Mental Health Awareness Month. On May 10, filmmaker Jacqui Blue released her second documentary, I Chose Life: Stories of Suicide & Survival. This followed a virtual premiere screening event on the 7th. Jacqui Blue felt it was important to address suicide by covering multiple aspects of [...]
James Sebastiano and Mark Waters are Chasing the Present The sound of traffic on a busy street. A contemplative and questioning voiceover from James Sebastiano reflecting on his history of drug use and abuse, his movement to vegetarianism and building successful businesses and his lifelong struggle with anxiety. James is the protagonist of this feature-length [...]
Darrell Hammond Doing Stand Up Comedy: from the film Cracked Up Cracked Up Now Streaming on Netflix In September 2019, Santa Monica’s second street was lined with classic rocks stars, counterculture icons, environmental warriors, music industry hit-makers, best-selling authors, trauma therapists, yoga teachers, and more. The colorful crowd lined up to get into [...]