#velcrow ripper

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Check out the trailer for SCARED SACRED, Velcrow Ripper's doc from the Divine Interventions archive.

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check out the occupy love website for more information and screenings:

http://occupylove.org

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Occupy Love - http://occupylove.org/support-the-film/

New forthcoming film from Velcrow Ripper.

"Joint consumption doesn't create intimacy; only joint creativity and gifts create intimacy and connection. You have such gifts that are important.... Everyone has a unique calling... and that is what the future is going to be".

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Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein - A Short Film

Directed by Ian MacKenzie Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie

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About The Film

Occupy Love will be a moving, transformative feature documentary that asks the question: how are the economic and ecological crises we are facing today a great love story?

A profound shift is taking place all over the world. Humanity is waking up to the fact that the current system that dominates the planet is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. The dominant paradigm is based on separation, as exemplified by the financial system, and the corporate emphasis of profits before people.

This crisis has become the catalyst for a profound transformation: millions of people are deciding that enough is enough - the time has come to create a new world, a world that works for all life. We have experienced an extraordinary year of change, from the Arab Spring, to the European Summer, and now, erupting into North America: the Occupy Movement.

This is a revolution rooted in compassion, direct democracy, and shared power, as opposed to the "power over" model of the corporate world view. The new story is one of Inter-dependence. Love is the movement. As the Occupy cry goes: "We are unstoppable. Another world is possible!"

We have been filming at Occupy Wall Street since the first day, and have filmed the historical General Strike at Occupy Oakland, and have filmed at Occupy Canada. Currently we are tracing the evolution of the movement in Europe. We will be exploring the solutions to the problems we are facing, and zeroing in on the "heart" of this global evolution.

The film will feature an incredible cast of visionaries, both the well known, and the everyday heroes who are emerging in this fledgling movement.

I'm Velcrow Ripper, the director of Occupy Love. I've been making award winning documentaries for over twenty years. I consider myself a media activist, committed to making the world a better place through the power of cinema.

Our team includes co-producers Ian MacKenzie and Gregg Hill. We are bringing our hearts and minds together to create a film that can reflect and catalyze the heart of this global movement of movements. OCCUPY LOVE is the culmination of the Fierce Love Project. which began the award wining feature doc, Scared Sacred, about my journey to the Ground Zeros of the world, searching for stories of hope in the face of crisis, followed by the acclaimed Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action.

Two years ago I asked writer Naomi Klein, "how could the crisis we are facing on the planet become a love story?" She laughed, and said that we do the opposite - she points out how bad things are and I look for the love. Last week I saw her at an action and she gave me a big hug and said, history has re-arranged itself to prove your thesis.

We are in love with this time of incredible possibility and hope, and are deeply committed to creating a film that can be of service.

Please consider donating so they can complete this documentary - http://www.indiegogo.com/Occupy-Love. It will be amazing. I have followed Velcrow's filmmaking journey for several years and have been inspired, and impressed by his passion and vision. He is totally awesome and legit. They have 3 more days to raise the necessary $50,000 to create a film that will be released in mainstream theatre. Currently they are at $43,000. Please contribute!

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I care about you!  That's why we are Occupying Wall Street. That's why we need to Occupy Everything.  Especially the heart!  As for that Radio Head Rumour - well they didn't show up last night, but our numbers swelled, and spirits were high.  We took to the streets. And as everyone knows, a Radiohead Rumour was the tipping point in Cairo too :) 

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New trailer for Velcrow Ripper's upcoming film "Evolve Love"... beautiful!