The other day, I went to a movie screening in Osaka, hosted by a friend of mine, Rey.
The title of the movie was "PLANETARY".
Rey is originally from Tokyo, but her life brought her to Iriomote-jima island (西表島), an beautiful small tropical island near Okinawa with population of about 2300. Now, she has 2 guesthouses there. I can see her inner peace and lively, peaceful, natural lifestyle
When she watched this documentary film, she was so moved that she wished to share the messages with many people. Soon, she planned the movie showing events in Tokyo and Osaka.
She invited a man who volunteered to put the Japanese subtitle.
Producers message from the Web site of "We are Planetary"
We are in the midst of a global crisis of perspective.
We have forgotten the undeniable truth
that every living thing is connected.
PLANETARY is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call
– a cross continental, cinematic journey,
that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species.
It is a poetic and humbling reminder
that now is the time to shift our perspective.
PLANETARY asks us to rethink who we really are,
to reconsider our relationship with ourselves, each other
and the world around us
– to remember that we are PLANETARY.
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This film features, many speakers from different fields, such as
Zen priest
Ecological activist and poet
Explorer and anthropologist
Meditation teacher
Biologist and author
Philosopher
Economist and author
Complex systems theorist
Environmentalist and author
ISS astronaut
Cosmologist
Kogi Mamo and indigenous leader
Artist and writer
Meditation teacher
etc, etc.
There is no clear story line like normal movies, but the film goes..
-Space
-Earth
-Gaia
-Mass Extinction
-Disconnection
-Great Turning
-Seeing
-The Great Circulation
-Meditation
-Indigenous
-Planetary Civilization
-Epilogue
Among so many speakers, I was so glad to find someone I have met in Nara, Joan Halifax! (Anthropologist and Ecologist) Last spring, she visited Japan with many Zen meditation teachers and practitioners from UPAYA Zen center in US. She is coming back to visit Japan next spring and... I am going to do another tour for her group in Nara.
In the past, I have liked the Japanese documentary film series called
I highly recommend you to watch "Planetary" with your family, friends!
You can download the original film (http://vimeo.com/ondemand/planetary)