Our Films
Click on a trailer to watch, or find more information on the films below. To purchase a DVD for any film, please call (303) 579-9268.
Path of Love
Path of Love follows the journey of Duke Professor of Islamic studies: Omid Safi, as he takes on on a tour of the mosques and holy places in Turkey. At each site Professor Safi shares the wisdom of Rumi's writings making the places come alive with the deep teachings that reside there.
Living From The Heart
Living From The Heart – Universalist Sufism In America explores the teachings and practice of Inayati Sufism in the U.S. It delves deeply into the themes that are integral to Sufism: Love, Beauty, Pilgrimage, Remembrance and The Meaning of God. Combined with images of Sufi dance and Quwali music; the film presents a deep and moving portrayal of how the west has embraced and transformed this ancient practice.
With: Taj Inayat, Deepa Gulruth Patel, Satya Inayat -Khan and Jenifer Alia Wittman. Featuring PIrs: Zia Inayat-Khan, Shabda Kahn and Netanal Miles-Yepez
Treasure Under the Bridge
Conservative Rabbi Marc Soloway invites us on his personal journey to modern day Ukraine to visit the graves of the Hasidic Masters as he tries to establish a connection with the famous names that have so long occupied a place in his imagination.
Fire in the Forest
Explores the life and Legacy of the Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760), one of the most beloved and celebrate figures in Jewish history. The film follows conservative Rabbi Mark Soloway on his journey around the world talking to leading rabbis and scholars and traveling to the graves of the Baal Shem Tov’s spiritual heirs in the Ukraine, and eventually to the grave of the Baal Shem himself unpacking the teachings and the stories of this tradition and how it it is very much alive and relevant to us today. National PBS and Canadian CBC screenings.
”A moving journey exploring both the times and teachings of Judaism’s most powerful mystic.” – Rabbi Zalman Schacter Shalomi
Ocean Cities
In this era of climate change and sea level rise – How can coastal cities around the world innovate and connect to the oceans they border?
Professor Tim Beatley chair of Urban Planning at The University of Virginia explores our connections to the sea in Baltimore, San Francisco, and Miami in the US -and coastal innovations to combat sea level rise -in Amsterdam and Rotterdam in The Netherlands
The Nature of Cities
Even as we become more urbanized we must reclaim an essential piece of our humanness, our connection to the nature around us . The Nature of Cities follows the journey of Professor Timothy Beatley (University of Virginia School of Architecture) as he explores urban projects around the world representing the new green movement that hope to move our urban environments beyond sustainability to a regenerative way of living.
Features interviews with Professor Stephen Kellert (Yale University) and award winning author Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods
Transforming Energy
Hope for solutions to global warming.
“Transforming Energy is an out of the box film of the important issues of climate change and the end of oil. It is at the same time inspiring, informative and alarming. It is a call to action with the hope of the solution in the amazing characters who we get to see changing the world. This is a must see film for anyone who cares or worries about our future after fossil fuels.”
—Mark Harris, Two time Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary, Professor and former Chair of the Film Department at USC
Raising the Sparks
The filmmaker’s Journey from his Buddhist practice to find a spiritual home in Judaism. Discussions with Rabbis from all the Jewish Traditions gleaning the elemental wisdom that pervades them all.
Featuring Rabbi Zalmon Schacter Schlomi as our guide.
“A spiritual journey of the Heart.”
—Jack Kornfield, Western Buddhist master and author
Seasons of the Soul
Through deep and unique teaching, Seasons of the Soul explains the relationship between the Jewish Holiday Cycle and the cycles of nature with the psychological and spiritual cycles of the human sou
With Rabbi Zalman Schacter Schlomi and Dr. Michael Kagen
“Deeply moving.has revived the beauty of the Jewish tradition.”
—Jack Kornfield, Western Buddhist master & author
Cambodian Doughnut Dreams
Cambodians in America: Pol Pot and the American Dream.
“Poignant and funny, bitter and charming, CAMBODIAN DOUGHNUT DREAMS is an enlightening look at one group’s particular pursuit of the American Dream, in the doughnut shape of Los Angeles, 10 years after Pol Pot.” -Icarus Films
Kosher Valley
The story of 3 men of different traditions – a Hispanic rancher, a Mormon labor organizer, and an Orthodox Rabbi – who come together in Southern Colorado to form a coop to produce Kosher lamb and beef to save the livelihood of the people of the region.
“A wonderful, heart-felt look at the coming together of very different cultures. Kosher Valley does what documentaries do best – inspiring us with an inside view of American subcultures that few of us know about.”
– Donna Sanford, Channel 6 PBS
