Movie Night

If your looking for an inexpensive night out with a group of people who share common spiritual interests, may we suggest coming to Insight Awareness on Movie Night? What better way to gain knowledge, expand your views, and be entertained all at once! And with so many wonderful movies to choose from it seemed like a no-brainer to make them available.

Spiritual movies can cover a wide range of story lines since all of life is spiritual.   However, in this moment, we are considering only the movies that offer "insight" into concepts and beliefs that may broaden our "awareness" of who we are and our relationship to the universe we live in.

We offer a large screen, digital projection, stereo sound, and great company for your enjoyment. Popcorn, peanuts, water, and tea are on the house. If you want something else to drink you are free to bring it along. Also, at the end of the movie we offer time for discussion if you care to stay.

Time: 6:45pm Doors Open--7pm Movie Begins.
Cost: $5

February 12th
"Ram Dass Fierce Grace" Sorry no Trailer Available
Harvard professors Richard Alpert and Timothy Leary made countercultural history in 1963 when they were fired from that institution for conducting controversial psychedelic drug research. In the purple haze aftermath, Alpert journeyed to India and found his guru Maharaj ji, who renamed him Ram Dass ("Servant of God"). Best known for his 1971 bestseller BE HERE NOW, which was a spiritual touchstone of the era, Ram Dass became an inspiration to people across the globe. Filmmaker Mickey Lemle--who has known his subject for more than twenty-five years--intersperses vivid archival footage from hippiedom's glory days with intimate glimpses of Ram Dass today, as he continues to remake his life since being--in his words--"stroked" in 1997. Named by NEWSWEEK as one of the Top Five Non-Fiction Films of 2002, RAM DASS FIERCE GRACE is an engrossing, poignant meditation on spirituality, consciousness, healing and the unexpected grace of aging.

March 26th
"Food Inc." Trailer
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising--and often shocking truths--about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

April 9th
"Samadhi" Sorry no Trailer Available
Samadhi, which means death in Hindi, refers to the "virtual death" experienced by yogis when they enter a state of suspended animation. These men and women from the Himalayas can be buried alive, enclosed in airtight glass blocks or remain underwater for days on end. Even without air, water, food or the ability to move - and while enduring extreme temperatures - the yogis emerge unscathed. Director/writer/photographer/producer team Andre and Jessica Vaillancourt had the privilege to be invited to film the Samadhi event at a Kumbh Mela gathering. This DVD is the first comprehensive documentary produced on the subject of Samadhi. It delves into the true mechanics of life itself and challenges the boundaries of our pre-existing concepts. Filmed in Dewas, Nainital and Allahabad in India and in Berkeley, CA, this film is an intimate look at an ancient, secret practice that is now being revealed.