Wednesday, April 11, 2012 @ 6:00pm
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Advance Tickets $12, Door $16

The Sunflower Center
1435 McDowell Blvd
Petaluma, CA 94954

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 @ 6:00pm

Cinema Connect and The Sunflower Center present...

I AM
The Shift Is About to Hit the Fan

What if the solutions to the world’s problems were right in front of us all along?

I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better?  The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor, and Bruce Almighty. 

Venue
The Sunflower Center
1435 McDowell Blvd
Petaluma, CA 94954

Evening Schedule
6:00pm Film
7:15 DinnerMission (a luscious organic, vegan dinner by Lydia's Organics/The Sunflower Center)
8:00 Post-film dialogue with Marc Ian Barasch, author, The Compassionate Life, founder The Green World Campaign, and featured in the film I Am.

Tickets
Advance $12, Door $16
Advance Dinner Tickets $13, must be ordered by midnight April 9th
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Free parking

Film Synopsis

In I AM, successful director Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.

Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a small crew to film his adventures, Shadyac set out on a twenty-first century quest for enlightenment.  Meeting with a variety of thinkers and doers–remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, academia, and faith–including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch – Shadyac appears on-screen as character, commentator, guide, and even, at times, guinea pig. An irrepressible “Everyman” who asks tough 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.  The result is a fresh, energetic, and life-affirming film that challenges our preconceptions about human behavior while simultaneously celebrating the indomitable human spirit.

Cinema Connect is pleased to present thought provoking films in the context of community settings. These feature documentaries with transformational themes are presented with post-film dialogues and Q & A.  If you are interested in partnering with us to show films at your organization or venue, please contact us.

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