Mindful Movies, Educational Materials and AR Comics.

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HAPPY 81st BIRTHDAY to our beloved hero, Dr. Jane Goodall!!

send her your personal birthday wishes HERE 

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May We #ReclaimMLK With Mindfulness

by Cameron Conaway

Dear Philadelphia (and all participants in this day of action),

On January 19, as our collective energy buzzes at 1:30pm on 440N Broad St, as we begin marching at 2:00pm and finish symbolically on Independence Mall at 3:30pm, may we hold close the humble teachings of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, a peaceful warrior who inspired Dr. King. In fact, Dr. King formally nominated Thich Nhat Hanh for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Orlando Jones Wants To Play Black Lightning

Our friend and Executive Producer Orlando Jones' wish for his Superhero role!

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KKK To Ferguson Protesters: 'You Have Awakened A Sleeping Giant'

Members of a Missouri-based Ku Klux Klan chapter sent a chilling message in Ferguson claiming they will use “lethal force” to defend themselves from “terrorists masquerading as ‘peaceful protesters.’” The Tradit…

But I thought they said we could join their organization now because…reasons.

I mean, I already bought my sheet and everything. I’d return it but I don’t think I kept the receipt.

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Please join me in sending healing energy and gratitude for the recovery of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh who is suffering from a brain hemorrhage.

It’s my distinct honor to be the executive producer and narrator of the documentary feature The 5 Powers that tells the largely unknown story of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, whom Martin Luther King nominated for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize, Sister Chan Khong and American anti-war superhero Alfred Hassler and the creation of the 1958 Montgomery Story comic book that turned Martin Luther King Jr into a Superhero.

The film will be out in Fall 2015 and God willing Thay (as Nhat Hanh is referred to be his inner circle) will be able to join us for the US premiere.

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Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village France 2011 interviewed in his hut for The5Powers movie

also check out: Oprah Interviews Thich Nhat Hanh

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Selma (2014)

Directed by Ava DuVernay. With David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Roth. Martin Luther King, Lyndon Baines Johnson and the civil rights marches that changed America.

Facebook Post: Movies We Like - Selma Movie 

Oprah Winfrey produced film with african american female director Ava DuVernay. 

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The 30 Highest Grossing Indies of 2014 (A Running List)

Here's a chart of 2014's twenty-five highest grossing films (so far, clearly) tracked by Indiewire's box office charts.

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Sneak Preview!

Pebble Meditation scene, PlantingSeedsofMindfulness movie, starring theorlandojones as Will the father.

Based on the best selling book by Thich Nhat Hanh

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Post by Thich Nhat Hanh.

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Had a great time in L.A. shooting with Kent Twitchell and SunnyBoy Entertainment!

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Dave Gibbons, bestselling graphic novelist and Watchmen artist, has just been named the UK’s first comics laureate.

The creation of the laureate role, which will go to a comics writer or artist in recognition of their “outstanding achievement” in the field, is just one of a range of activities planned by new charity Comics Literacy Awareness with the intention of improving children’s literacy by raising awareness of the “variety and quality of comics and graphic novels today, particularly in the education sector”. The charity’s board of trustees include publishers, authors, librarians and academics.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/20/dave-gibbons-comics-laureate-child-literacy-watchmen

“In many other countries, comics and graphic novels have been used extensively in literacy drives,” said charity trustee and graphic novelist Bryan Talbot, winner of the 2012 Costa Award for best biography for Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes, on which he collaborated with his wife Mary Talbot. “The sheer accessibility of the medium, the way in which complex information can be easily absorbed through its combination of words and pictures, actively encourages reading in those intimidated by endless blocks of cold print.”

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Noam Dromi, the executive producer of The 5 Powers film, panel discussion at NYU. Noam is the business partner of Orlando Jones, the writer of Dolphin Tale 1 & 2 starring Morgan Freeman and Ashly Judd and a Transmedia producer for several Hollywood films.

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The 5 Powers Movie narrator, Executive Producer and Sleepy Hollow star Orlando Jones and The 5 Powers Movie co-producer Gregory Kennedy-Salemi, have a bit of fun and then talk about one of the greatest diseases of our time. Apathy.  "Each one of us has the ability to affect change" - Orlando Jones

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View The 5 Powers NYU Film Screening Event Information on the NYU Website 

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#the5powersmovie live now at @arcadia1853

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#hyperlapse #the5powersmovie @arcadia @swartmore

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The 5 Powers @ Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College announced the 5 Powers Film Screening on their Website

Start Date: 9/18/2014Start Time: 7:00 PM

End Date: 9/18/2014End Time: 9:00 PM

Event Description

Each year, we mark the International Day of Peace at Swarthmore College as part of Peace Day Philly. See http://www.peacedayphilly.org/ This year, we will screen a new documentary film, "The 5 Powers" about the transnational peace work of Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Chan Khong, and Alfred Hassler during the Vietnam War. Seehttp://www.the5powersmovie.com/  Discussion with the producers of the film, Anthony Nicotera, Gregory Kennedy-Salemi, and Stuart Jolley, along with Laura Hassler '70, and George Lakey (who worked with Alfred Hassler of the Fellowship of Reconciliation) will follow the screening.  The 5 Powers film is organized around central tenets of Buddhist philosophy and features a captivating mix of comic book style animation, live interviews, archival audio, photos, and documents, some of which were procured from the Peace Collection at Swarthmore. 

View full Event Description HERE