"We started by asking what's wrong with the world and we ended up discovering what's right with it." - Tom Shadyak, director of I Am.

I AM is a documentary about Tom Shadyak's quest for the answers to his questions about life.  The film, which is totally narrated by Shadyak, starts out showing a generic mental hospital to introduce the subject of mental illness.  It immediately changes to the story of Shadyak's mountain bike accident where he suffered a broken wrist and concussion.  The concus...
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STRONGMAN, AN UNEXPECTED TALE OF SELF-EMPOWERMENT.

I had expectations of seeing the spiritual development of the subject of the documentary, Stan, who markets himself as "Stanless Steel" the strongest man in the world at bending steel and metal.  And at first those expectations were met.  Stan is very concerned with eating and living well.  He is extremely self-reflective and strive...

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An expose on the game the media plays.

I had another great opportunity to attend a first screening of a documentary on a cross-country tour.  It looks like the University of Arizona in Tucson is a great place for first screenings.  I had no idea the place would be packed for this documentary about a 14-year-old boy, Austin Visschedyk, who became a successful paparazzo.  But it turned out that the director of this film is Adrien Grenier, the star of the HBO TV series, Entourage.  And he was att...
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An important movie for those suddenly finding themselves opening to the spiritual realm.

I attended a world premiere showing of Wake Up at the University of Arizona in Tucson.  No, this is not a conspiracy theory movie.  It's a documentary about a guy, Jonas Elrod, who wakes up one morning and sees all kinds of spirits and entities and can hear people's thoughts.  He's not the kind of guy who was into spirituality before, so he was very freaked out about suddenly experiencing the "unseen" worl...
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