FILM: Journey of the Universe & Freedom Ahead

A double bill of two delightful films replace the published one that we have been unable to obtain a copy or license of.

Journey of the Universe
An Epic Story of Cosmic, Earth, and Human Transformation

One day on a Greek island, and your view of the universe will change forever. Author and evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme shares his infectious curiosity about life’s biggest questions. Using his skills as a masterful storyteller, Swimme connects such big picture issues as the birth of the cosmos 14 billion years ago – to the invisible frontiers of the human genome – as well as to our current impact on Earth’s evolutionary dynamics. Through his engaging and thoughtful observations audiences will discover the profound role we play in this intricate web of life. This film is designed to inspire a new and closer relationship with Earth in a period of growing environmental and social crisis.

Big science, big history, big story, this one-of-a-kind film was written by Swimme and Yale University historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker. They weave a tapestry that draws together scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, biology, ecology, and biodiversity with humanistic insights concerning the nature of the universe.

An interview with Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-producer of the film, that points to the spiritual dimension of responding to the world’s environmental challenges:
http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-12-12/exploring-humanitys-place-journey-universe

View the Trailer here http://youtu.be/665rLZ0_HjU

Freedom Ahead
An inspiring, reflective and uplifting film. You think it's going at a nice easy pace and then it drops beautiful nuggets of ideas about life and living into it. In addition it is beautifully filmed, edited and with a great soundtrack.

By taking our freedom for granted we could be on the verge of losing it. Are we still free when we can't grow our own food any more or when peoples livelihood depends heavily on how we interact with the money-hungry machine democracy has become. We need to be governed less and become less dependent on a system that is simply not sustainable.

Set against the backdrop of the most celebrated democracy in the world -India- we learn how governments are pushing the democratic dream, while stealing and selling peoples land to foreign corporations on consumerists behalf. In the documentary film Freedom Ahead we visit the people who are the conscience in a world which is losing its moral principles. These people regain control over their lives by being independent and living self sufficiently. By doing so they obtain the highest valued asset of all times, something worth living by and dying for: real freedom. This collection of committed individuals does not constitute a movement. It is dispersed and fiercely independent. It is taking shape in universities, elementary schools, farms, communities and many other places. It is experimentally emerging as a global humanitarian movement rising from the bottom up. Freedom Ahead colorfully captures this almost instinctive response, the largest social movement in all of human history through lucid footage, inspirational stories and an evocative soundscape.

View the Trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLkLvAiWfoY

http://www.freedomahead.org/