Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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FILM
VENUE ONE ENGINEERING 115
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND
10:00AM
Millennium Series No1
& VIDEO FESTIVAL
Duration 120 min.
Producer/Director: David Maybury-Lewis, England/USA
The very influential television series. Traditional tribal leaders from around the world address the problems facing the Earth from the perspectives of their traditional wisdoms.
2:00PM
The Interfaith Message of the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions
Duration 33 min. Producer/Director; Andre Porto, Brazil
Andre Porto's document gives a direct feeling for the spirit of brotherhood and sharing at the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions.
We are One
Duration 11 min.
Producer/Director: Len Morris and U.R.Romano
A Galen Films Production produced for The Temple of Understanding
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The compelling spiritual journey of a remarkable woman, Juliet Hollister. In 1960, Juliet established the Temple of Understanding, a global interfaith organization, dedicated to promoting harmony and understanding among people of all religions. With footage shot around the world, this timely program also features comments from her friends and supporters including the XIV Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer, Anwar Sadat, Carl Sagan, Kofi Annan, Jesse Jackson, Arun Gandhi and Queen Noor of Jordan. Narrated in English by Academy Award Winner, Ellen Burstyn.
3:00PM
There Should be no Poverty! (12)
Duration 12 min.
Producer/Director: Ralph Singh, India/USA
Cultivating our neglected resources and providing opportunities for those who society has cast out - allows both human and natural resources to become productive thereby creating a climate for peace. This video short, originally produced at the request of the Chicago Parliament, spotlights Baba Virsa Singh's agriculturally based models for social and economic uplift.
Recognize all People as One
Manas ki Jat Human Race Duration 36 min. Producer/Director: Ralph Singh, India/USA
Jain Education Intemational 2010_03
Documents how multi-faith celebrations help breakdown our man-made barriers to peace and blunt fundamentalist violence. The video highlights the pioneering work of His Holiness Baba Virsa Singh of Gobind Sadan, India in creating a model for
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pluralism in a world rife with religious strife. It includes a variety of cultural and religious motifs as well as a brief "tour" of the selfsufficient agriculturally based programs for overcoming poverty.
4:00PM
Sukhavati: Place of Bliss
Duration 80 min.
With Joseph Campbell, USA
A journey tracing mythological symbols from Stonehenge and Glastonbury to Tibet and Nepal. By reawakening the myths that have been lost to us, Joseph Campbell gives us a message of spiritual significance for our times
RELIGIONS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3RD
10:00AM
Millennium Series No2
Duration 120 min.
Producer/Director: David Maybury-Lewis, England/USA
The very influential television series. Traditional tribal leaders from around the world address the problems facing the Earth from the perspectives of their traditional wisdoms.
2:00PM
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Duration 52 min.
Producer/Director: Maya Deren, USA
3:00PM
A Spirit Here Today
Duration 44 min.
Producer: The Gei Zanzinger
The famous experimental filmmaker Maya Deren made this insightful document of the Rada, Petro, and Congo cults of Haiti "whose devotees communicate with cosmic powers through invocations, voodoo dances and ritual ceremonies".
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This program documents the beautiful sounds of the Chopi's xylophone music and shows how the stages of Chopi education are tied to dance and age, with the ultimate being the performance in the xylophone. This helps to rebuild the material and cultural lives of the people.
Duration 70 min. Director: Gary Rhine
Produced by DreamCatchers, USA
4:00PM
RAMATISTULVe
Your Humble Serpent; the Wisdom of Reuben Snake
A portrait of a unique contemporary Native American leader speaking out on ecology, sacredness and intuitive thinking. "Displays an intimacy that is rarely seen, even in film. Here is the Reuben Snake who turned humor and humility into leadership, practicing what he preached, that leadership emanates from respect, humor and compassion." - Native Americas Journal, Fall 1996
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