Shot in Konya and Istanbul, Turkey, Love and Unity is a window to the effect of Rumi's poetry in lives of people from diverse cultures and religions via interviews, Sufi rituals, and music. For many of us, living in today's world of misunderstanding and divisions Rumi unifies through his poetry…
Iran, Through Foreign Eyes captures the opening of a new cultural and political era of Iran in the 90s through intimate interviews with women from Africa, Europe, and the United States. It is an intro to these women's personal stories giving a truthful insight to Iran and Iranians with an objective…
A poetic exposure to life, death, and hope after the devastating BAM earthquake. On Dec. 26th 2003, the city of Bam was shaken by a large magnitude earthquake where thousands of people lost their lives and many displaced forever. Bam, Whisper of the Wind begins in Nowruz, the Iranian New Year. Mahshid,…
Bababaghi, or the "Garden of Father", is a leper colony in the Northwest of Iran where to this day lepers and their families live in seclusion. A play recited by their children depicts the unseen life of lepers and their agony. The film tries to break the stigma and fear of the audience about…
Originally broadcast on ABC-TV as a special presentation, this documentary journey across America takes us on the spiritual paths of people who feel the pinch of just being alive–people committed to a more complete understanding of themselves in relation to the larger mystery of being, whether…
What if your death sentence became the catalyst to fully embrace your life? In 2010, at the age of 40, successful Emmy-nominated television producer Mariam Jobrani was diagnosed with breast cancer. In search of answers to make sense of her illness, Mariam turns to her past for clues. Joined by her cinematographer…
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This film was created as an educational tool that can be used to move us beyond disempowerment, in order to enact real change in a changing world. Chris Wood of BALE (Building A Local Economy) was inspired to create a film that would answer the question: “Will we have the wisdom to survive climate…
What is the “natural organic connection between coffee farmers, coffee drinkers, and birds”? Why do we need a wake-up call? Part One of this documentary explores the “coffee crisis” and its devastating effects on migratory songbirds, rainforest ecosystems, and 25 million coffee…
Julie Harris, Richard Kiley, Hume Cronyn, and James Earl Jones are a delight as they recite poetry about aging and talk about what getting old is like for them. Artists Frederick and Claske Franck, opera singer Shirley Verrett, ninety-year-old photographer Leni Sonnenfeld, and Buddhist nun Pema Chodron…
This video documents a group of senior citizens in Galveston, Texas, who gather twice a month to “re-member” their lives through poems and stories. We come to know and love these ordinary people who become elder guides for us. With honesty and poignancy, they model the art of accepting the…
In sub Saharan Africa, AIDS is wiping out a generation of parents, leaving 13 million orphans behind. Many of the grandmothers, impoverished by the epidemic, have rescued these children from the streets and are struggling to raise them. A similar thing is happening in cities all across America. AIDS,…
