“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.”
- Hannah Arendt

Reference material

Video resources

Below are a range of video resources that support a transformation in human consciousness.

Films and documentaries top^

Acting on Faith: Women's New Religious Activism in America

A documentary that offers an intimate look at the lives and work of three American women – one Buddhist, one Hindu, and one Muslim – for whom faith, activism, and identity are deeply intertwined. Their stories help us to consider the compatibility of feminism and religion, and the tension of being a voice of critique without alienating one's community or inviting outside prejudice.
Project website, linked 09/10
http://www.pluralism.org/affiliates/antell/index.php

Alive Mind

Releases specialty documentary programming in the areas of enlightened consciousness, secular spirituality, cultural change, and the frontiers of science.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.alivemindmedia.com/

Burning Times

An in-depth look at the witch-hunts that swept through Europe just a few hundred years ago, with false accusations, massive torture and burnings at the stake, which led ultimately to the destruction of an organic way of life. Part two of a 3-part series on women and spirituality.
National Film Board of Canada, linked 09/10
http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/index.php?id=18315

Fierce Light

"Fierce Light" continues the quest for a fusion between spirituality and activism previously explored in Velcrow Ripper's award-winning feature documentary "ScaredSacred," highlighting flash-points of spiritual activism around the world including Montgomery, Alabama; Robben Island, South Africa; Andrah, India; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and South Central Los Angeles.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.fiercelight.org/the-film

FLT films

Makes documentary films which explore the ethical and spiritual dimensions of contemporary life, focusing on issues such as inter-religious dialogue and cross-cultural encounter, reconciliation and conflict resolution, social and cultural renewal after war.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.fltfilms.org.uk/index.html

For the Next 7 Generations: The Grandmothers Speak

A full-length documentary about the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from around the globe - the Arctic Circle, North, Central and South America, Asia and Africa - who have come together because they were told in prophecy that their ancestral ways of prayer, peace-making and healing are vitally needed in the world today.
Film website, linked 09/10
http://www.forthenext7generations.com/

Full Circle

Drawing on the customs, rites and knowledge of the past, the film envisions a sustainable future where domination is replaced with respect. At the centre of these discussions is a reverence for the Earth-a sacred circle which we must protect. Part three of a 3-part series on women and spirituality.
National Film Board of Canada, linked 09/10
http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/index.php?id=29247

Global Oneness Project

A web-based video initiative that seeks to inspire dialogue about new ways of working in our interconnected world by filming interviews with people from a variety of disciplines as they share their stories and insights about ways of approaching life from a non-dualistic perspective.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.globalonenessproject.org/

Goddess Remembered

A documentary salute to 35,000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors only recently remembered, and to the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past, linking the loss of goddess-centred societies with today's environmental crisis. Part one of a 3-part series on women and spirituality.
National Film Board of Canada, linked 09/10
http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/index.php?id=18031#ff-film

Golden Rule Movie (Trailer)

A trailer for a teenage youth group's explorations of ways of embodying the core values of "The Golden Rule" (Ethic of Reciprocity) in 13 of the World's great religious traditions.
YouTube website, linked 09/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewp4k4-X_E8

Grandmother's Tribe

A documentary film that casts an unobstructed and compassionate lens onto the lives of two Kenyan grandmothers - village and urban - who find themselves in the riptide of the African AIDS pandemic. It is a story of love, tenderness, loss and courage.
Film website, linked 09/10
http://www.agrandmotherstribe.com/

Mother Wove the Morning

A one-woman play in which Carol Lynn Pearson performs sixteen women throughout history in search of the female face of God.
Carol Lynn Pearson, linked 09/10
http://www.clpearson.com/mother_wove_morning.htm

Requiem for a Faith

A 1979 documentary of Tibetan Buddhism including the Tibetan belief system, the lavishly colorful artwork and dance, the monks engaged in lively debate, the role of the Dalai Lama and the many methods used in the journey towards enlightenment.
Hartley Film Foundation, linked 09/10
http://hartleyfoundation.org/requiem-faith

Signs Out of Time

A documentary on archeologist Marija Gimbutas, who found that Europe’s origins lay in a cooperative, peaceful, neolitihic Goddess culture. Her theories challenge conventional archaeology, spirituality, theology, and religious studies, while inspiring artists, feminists, environmentalists and activists.
Belili Productions, linked 09/10
http://www.belili.org/

Spiritual Cinema Circle

Provides members with entertaining, soulful movies that awaken a sense of joy and wonder, inspire love and compassion, and evoke a deeper sense of connection with the universe around you.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.spiritualcinemacircle.com/

Radio and TV top^

30 Good Minutes

A collection of inspirational videos and text featuring religious thinkers from America, stories of personal faith, and reflections on spiritual topics, gathered from television broadcasts of 30 Good Minutes, a weekly ecumenical and interfaith program on WTTW 11 (PBS) in Chicago.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.csec.org/index.htm

Explore Your Spirit with Kala

Mind, body, and spirit talk radio hosted by Kayla Ambrose, with a wealth of archived interviews.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.exploreyourspirit.com/index.html

Hay House Radio (New)

An on-line radio with live and archived broadcasts covering a multitude of soul-related subjects.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.hayhouseradio.com/

In Tune With Spirit

Native American & Spiritual Internet Radio Station providing free music to listen to and forums in which to participate.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.intunewithspirit.com/

Interfaith Voices

A US-based religious news magazine on public radio and an independent resource for religious and secular listeners on 62 stations nationwide.
Website, linked 09/10
http://interfaithradio.org/

New Dimensions Foundation

A broadcast radio educational organization supported by listeners whose primary activity is the independent production of broadcast dialogues and other quality programs that explore creative solutions to urgent challenges facing humankind.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.newdimensions.org/

Oasis TV

An innovative cable network and independent content provider of branded Body-Mind-Spirit video programming. Its content encompasses the following broad range of topics: Health & Healing, Metaphysics & Spirituality, Earth & Environment, World Peace, Visionary Arts, and Personal Growth.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.oasistv.com

Odyssey Networks

Odyssey Networks is a coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith groups dedicated to achieving interfaith understanding through the production and distribution of media that affirm the highest values of the human spirit.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.odysseynetworks.org/FilmTV/tabid/83/Default.aspx

QuantumShift.tv

Positioned as a 21st Century storyteller renewing the cultural values of community, care and interconnectedness through the use of leading edge technology and citizen journalism to share stories of positive impact in order to shift our culture from "me" to "we."
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.quantumshift.tv/about.php

UrthTV

A new social media network for people who value greater awareness, healthy lifestyles, and a sustainable planet.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.urth.tv/

WomanSpirit Radio Network

Radio programming committed to raising our awareness of the necessity of peace and dedicated the divine Mother of All, WomanSpirit.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.womanspiritradionetwork.com/

Webcasts top^

Big Picture TV

Streams free video clips within 16 categories of leading experts, thinkers, and activists in environmental and social sustainability offering analysis and commentary from a growing number of world leaders including scientists, journalists, economists, businessmen, designers and politicians.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.bigpicture.tv/

Conscious Media Network

One of the largest multi-media libraries serving the global conscious community with resources focused on evolution, the pursuit of personal development, and the application of individual responsibility within our global community
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/

Dalai Lama in Vancouver: 2004

Webcasts: "Universal Responsibility" (1:26:25), "Good Heart - Full Life" (2:02:06), "Balancing Educating the Mind with Educating the Heart" (1:58:57)
The University of British Columbia, linked 09/10
http://events.onlinebroadcasting.com/dalailama/042004/index2.php?page=launch

Dropping Knowledge

Dropping Knowledge invites you to question yourself and the world around you, and provides various videos (including the Table of Free Voices), dialogues, and answers from the Table of Free Voices which took place in September of 2006.
Website, linked 09/10
http://www.droppingknowledge.org/bin/home/home.page

International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, Part 1

An overview of the history of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, profiling the 13 women on the Council. Parts 2 and 3 are also available on YouTube.
YouTube website, linked 09/10
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ASE0Ri_0F8g

New Earth Web Event

Ten classes by Oprah Winfrey and Eckart Tolle to move through through "A New Earth" chapter by chapter. Watch the webcasts on Oprah.com or download them.
Oprah Winfrey website, linked 09/10
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahsbookclub/anewearth/pkganewearthwebcast/20080130_obc_webcast_watchnow

Five lectures providing a profound celebration of the wonder of human genius and spirit as brought into being by culture.
CBC Massey Lectures 2009, Wade Davis, linked 09/10
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/massey-lectures/2009/11/02/massey-lectures-2009-the-wayfinders-why-ancient-wisdom-matters-in-the-modern-world/