"I AM" Movie Feb 25th

I AM


Special Appearance at the Varsity Theatre (Seattle, WA):
Director Tom Shadyac will appear In Person Friday, February 25 for a Q&A after the 7:10pm show and to introduce the 9:30pm show.


I Am, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what's wrong with it, and what we can do to make it better, represents writer/director Tom Shadyac's first foray into non-fiction following a career as one of Hollywood's leading comedy practitioners (Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty). I Am recounts what happened to the filmmaker after a cycling accident left him incapacitated. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged a changed man. Disillusioned with life on the A-list, he sold his multi-million dollar mansion and moved to a much much smaller home, deciding to start life anew.

Shadyac embarks upon a journey to discover how he as an individual, and we as a race, can improve the way we live. Appearing on-screen as character, commentator, guide, and even, at times, guinea pig, Shadyac meets with a variety of thinkers and doers—remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy and faith—including David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks and Marc Ian Barasch. An irrepressible Everyman who asks many questions but offers no easy answers, he takes the audience to places it has never been before, and presents even familiar phenomena in completely new and different ways. Official Web Site: http://iamthedoc.com/thefilm/

Director:
Tom Shadyac

MPAA Rating:
PG

Run Time:
1hr 20mins

Release Year:
2011

Country Of Origin:
USA

"What's the Economy for anyway?"

Film: "What's the Economy for Anyway?"

A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY JOHN DE GRAAF, (40 min, 2010)

AND A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SEATTLE AREA HAPPINESS INITIATIVE

With Filmmaker John De Graaf

And Laura Musikanski, Executive Director of Sustainable Seattle

LOCATION:

Keystone Congregational Church

5019 Keystone Place N., Seattle

(0.4 miles west of the I-5 NE 50th St. Exit - Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44)

Directions can be found at www.meaningfulmovies.org

…for flyers & more information, please go to www.meaningfulmovies.org

Film: “WHAT’S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY?” (40 min, John de Graaf, 2010)

WITH FILMMAKER JOHN DE GRAAF AND LAURA MUSIKANSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABLE SEATTLE

And a Discussion about the Seattle Area Happiness Initiative

Is the GDP is an adequate measure of society's well-being? Are there workable alternatives? And ...what's happiness got to do with it? In this film, produced and directed by John de Graaf of “AFFLUENZA” fame and “TAKE BACK YOUR TIME” fame and TAKE BACK YOUR TIME, ecological economist Dave Batker presents a humorous, edgy, factual, timely and highly-visual monologue about the American economy today, challenging the ways we measure economic success--especially the Gross Domestic Product--and offering an answer to the question: What's the Economy for, Anyway?

Join us following the film for a community discussion with Filmmaker John de Graaf and Laura Musikanski, Executive Director of Sustainable Seattle, about a meaningful framing of our economy, and a presentation on the recently released Happiness Survey from the Seattle Area Happiness Initiative!

Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Thanks!

(Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).

(NOTE: The film. "WikiLeaks: The Documentary", originally announced, will hopefully be shown when screening rights are obtained at a later date.)