The People Vs The State Of Illusion, by Austin Vickers, is a documentary, much in the same style as films such as The Secret, What the Bleep Do We Know, and Down The Rabbit Hole.  These films use heavy scientific evidence expounded by experts in various fields to prove the existence of spiritual experience.

When I saw the trailer to The People VS The State of Illusion with all the professional graphics and stock footage, I thought, “Oh no, not anothe...

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The Interrupters, the story of interrupting the cycle of anger and vengeance. 

There are so many wonderful reviews of this film, so there is not much left to say about it.   This is my favorite review so far.  It's a very powerful, insightful and personal review called Extinguishing the Ecstasy of Anger. 

During the film, I saw how rampant vengeance killings are in Chicago inner city neighborhoods. The killings are not exclusive to gang drive-by shootings, but surprisingly between school child...
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"You are all great beings and you must stop pretending that you are not." - Kumare

I found Kumare to be a surprisingly sweet and gentle, albeit extremely controversial, documentary; which was conceived and directed by, Vikram Gandhi, a New Jersey-born American of East Indian decent.  It was beautifully filmed with excellent audio.  The documentary follows Gandhi as he playfully dresses up as an Indian Guru and watches the response he gets in India and in the U.S.  Then he decided to see if hi...
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“Money distracts us from what’s important.”- Heidemarie Schwermer, Living Without Money

Living Without Money is a documentary by Line Halvorsen about Heidemarie Schwermer, a retired psychotherapist, who decided over 14 years ago to start living without using money.  And what I mean by money is any currency (electronic, coin or bills), any credit, and any alternative currency.  It first started out as an experiment and now it's a way of life for her.  She gave everything away, let g...

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"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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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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