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2012: Doomsday or the Dawning of a New Age?

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A debate is raging over whether December 21, 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar, heralds a doomsday of apocalyptic proportions or the dawning of a golden age in consciousness. In the new documentary 2012: Science or Superstition (available from www.SpiritualCinemaCircle.com in Volume 7) scientists and experts present both the science behind the Mayan calendar, as well as a positive message that we will be ushered into a new age of elevated consciousness and increased awareness. One of the … [Read more...]

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Validation: Inspiring Short Film available free from Spiritual Cinema Circle

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Nearly five years ago, author and entrepreneur Gay Hendricks had an idea to create a DVD club that would provide films about love, compassion and inspiration. His idea soon grew into Spiritual Cinema Circle, a subscription-based DVD club that finds movies at film festivals around the world and delivers them to members each month on a DVD that they get to keep. So, what exactly is spiritual cinema? Box office hits such as Field of Dreams, Ghost, Whale Rider and What the Bleep Do We Know?! … [Read more...]

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King Corn: Documentary film reveals how subsidized corn is driving the fast-food industry

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Behind America's 99-cent hamburgers and 72-ounce sodas is a key ingredient that silently fuels our fast-food nation - corn. In the revelatory, Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me)-style documentary, King Corn, we meet two college buddies, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, who move from the East Coast to the Heartland to learn where their food comes from. Ironically, 80 years ago, Ian and Curt's great-grandfathers lived just a few miles apart, in the same rural county in Northern Iowa. Now their … [Read more...]

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Ed Begley, Jr: The Greenest Man in Hollywood

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From the moment he attended his first Earth Day event in 1970, actor Ed Begley, Jr., has worked tirelessly to protect the environment and spread the word on how to live a green life. Driving his electric car to the Academy Awards and pedaling his bike to TV and film sets around Los Angeles have earned him the title of "Greenest man in Hollywood." Today his passion for our planet is a living testament to what we can all do to lead the greenest possible life. Not only does he power his … [Read more...]

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Laughing Club of India will Lift Your Spirits, Your Immune System

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Rumor has it that the world-renowned director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair, The Namesake), was in Bombay, stuck in traffic on Marine Drive and in the midst of a movie-maker's equivalent of writer's block when she discovered the source of traffic was hundreds of women dressed in all white crossing the street. She was so intrigued, that she ditched her cab and followed these women with her DV camera- some time later, The Laughing Club of India was born.In this compassionate and … [Read more...]

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On Living Luminaries (On the serious business of Happiness)

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At the heart of the desire for money, fame and power is a deep longing for happiness. While Amazon.com boasts more than 200,000 titles on the subject of happiness, it appears that Americans are still searching for it. In the new film Living Luminaries (On the Serious Business of Happiness), filmmakers Michael Lasky and Larry Kurnarsky illuminate the path to human happiness by presenting concepts about living in the now, as well as providing thought-provoking ideas about consciously choosing … [Read more...]

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Illusion, with Kirk Douglas & Michael Goorjian

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Celebrated actor Kirk Douglas never expected to still be acting at the age of 88, especially after suffering from a debilitating stroke in 1996, until he found an irresistible script called Illusion. Douglas, the star of more than 80 films including Spartacus, gives the performance of a lifetime in Illusion, a feature film that will be available during the month of May 2007 to members of The Spiritual Cinema Circle DVD club. The award-winning Illusion tells the story of a once powerful but now … [Read more...]

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