Documentary Showing, February 21, 2012

Documentary Film Series

March 20, 2012

I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what's wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood's leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as "Ace Ventura," "Liar Liar," "The Nutty Professor," and "Bruce Almighty." However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.

Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a small crew to film his adventures, Shadyac set out on a twenty-first century quest for enlightenment. Meeting with a variety of thinkers and doers-remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, academia, and faith-including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch

"I AM" - Official Trailer

Coming Soon

Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History

FORCE OF NATURE - THE DAVID SUZUKI MOVIE

Bully - Weinstein Company Movie (2012) HD

For The Bible Tells Me So -

Tuesday

March 20 7:00

Kelly's Restaurant

Come Early and OrderAppetizers or Dinner.

Sustaining

Donations needed and appreciated

The Film Series Coordinating Committee pays for film rights when ordering films. Our programs come with public performance rights, which is the right to show the film in public provided no admission fee is charged. Reduced rates are offered to grass roots groups and others with small audiences and smaller budgets. A good portion of the price is returned to the producer in royalties, helping them to recoup production costs or invest in a new project. Films with public rights cost from $30.00 to $200. This cost is offset by contributions from Holy Redeemer by the Sea, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Outer Banks, and individual donors like you. Visit our website to learn more about the upcoming film as well as what else we have to offer.

Peace and Justice Interfaith Coalition

In July, 2008, The Coalition decided to focus on a film series featuring award winning peace and social justice documentaries. The film series works towards broad public communication and engagement with the community and other nonprofits in the area.

Visit our website to learn more about the upcoming film as well as what else we have to offer.

Advisory Committee

Eileen Behrens.

Howard Behrens.

Rev Pat Haresch

Jan Martin

Nancy Proctor

John Wander

Patty Wander

You and the Coalition.

Our films are available to other nonprofits and educational groups. Please contact nancy@obxcommonground.org for more information.

We are looking for a cosponsor for two films we are planning in the fall.

Miss Representation, The film explores how the media's misrepresentations of women have led to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence. We continue to negotiate for a discount. $500.-- is way beyond what we can do. There is an Education Version that must be ordered by a school - cost is $99.00

Cape Spin in the Outer Banks. Reel Power of Working Films is interesting is providing funding the Coalition to show this new documentary that tackles the root causes of society's inability to produce a large-scale solution to the global energy crisis it created, framing the events of the Cape Wind project as a microcosm of America's struggle toward sustainability and energy independence. We are looking for other groups that would be interested in cosponsoring this event.