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Black Cat Cinema
Black Cat Cinema is an independent community project run under the auspices of the SCFS and coordinated by former SCFS board member and programmer David Barbarash. It's aims are to provide independent and intriguing films, mostly documentaries, unlikely to be seen through mainstream avenues. The focus of Black Cat Cinema films are primarily political and progressive themes, in addition to spiritual and metaphysical concepts. Monday nights — Weekly from September 10 to December
17 For more information contact Blackcat by email or phone 886-2780. Monday September 10 - Loose ChangeUSA, 2005, 80 min., documentary
Monday September 17 - TerrorStorm USA, 2007, 113 min., documentary Monday September 24 - 638 Ways To Kill Castro UK, 2007, 78 min., documentary
Monday October 1 - One: The Movie USA, 2006, 79 min., documentary
Double bill: two films by Anand Gandhi www.cyclewalaproductions.com Right Here Right Now
Continuum India, 2006, 39 min., drama Monday October 15 - Mother Ganga India, 2005, 55 min., documentary Monday October 22 - Sound of the Soul USA, 2005, 70 min., documentary
Monday October 29 - CircleSpeak: A Journey into the Heart of Crop Circle Country UK, 2005, 97 min., documentary Monday November 5 - To Play and To Fight Venezuela, 2006, 70 min., documentary Monday November 12 - The Pharmacratic Inquisition USA, 2007, 111 min., documentary Monday November 19 - JFK II: The Bush Connection JFK II: The Bush Connection Monday November 26 - Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson USA, 2003, 82 min., documentary Monday December 3 - Entheo:Genesis: Awakening the Divine Within USA, 2006, 70 min., documentary Monday, December 10 - Out Of The Blue: The Definitive Investigation of the UFO Phenomenon USA, 2007, 106 min., documentary Monday December 17 - 2012 The Odyssey USA, 2006, 99 min., documentary |
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What
if September 11th was not a surprise attack on America, but rather, a cold and
calculated genocide by the U.S. government? We were told that the twin towers
were hit by commercial airliners and subsequently brought down by jet fuel. We
were told that the Pentagon was hit by a Boeing 757. We were told that Flight
93 crashed in Shanksville, PA. We were told that nineteen Arabs from halfway across
the globe, acting under orders from Osama Bin Laden, were responsible. What you
will see in this film will prove without a doubt that everything you've been told
by your government and the mainstream press about 9-11 is a complete fabrication.
Conspiracy theory? It's not a theory if you can prove it. Decide for yourself.
Maverick
journalist Alex Jones presents a compelling case showing that throughout history,
criminal elements inside governments have carried out terror attacks against their
own populations as a pretext to control them. TerrorStorm reveals how, in the
last hundred years, Western leaders have repeatedly murdered their own citizens
while posing as their saviours. In addition to blowing the lid off the conspiracy
of 9/11 and the attacks of 7/7 in London, this film also reveals other terrorist
events such as the Reichstag fire, the Gulf of Tonkin, and the US-backed Iranian
coup of 1953, and shows how they are all interconnected false-flag terror events,
all self-inflicted wounds.
On
more than a few occasions, the C.I.A. and Cuban exiles have tried to assassinate
Fidel Castro. This film examines some of those many documented plots to kill the
Cuban leader, which range from exploding cigars to femme fatales, to noxious gas
and poisoned pens. Featuring interviews with intelligence operatives who claim
to be party to past assassination plots, thoughts from figures in America's Cuban
exile community who openly support the notion of killing Castro (including a U.S.
Congresswoman), and Cuba's lingering impact on American politics. This extraordinary
true story is both ludicrous and laughable, yet poignant and tragic.
A
contemporary journey towards a timeless destiny... This film asks the big questions
of life to many of the world's most renowned and respected spiritual leaders,
authors, icons and celebrated masters, including Deepak Chopra, Barbara Marx Hubbard,
Ram Dass, Sufi Sheikh Llewellyn Vaugh-Lee, yogi master Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
Father Thomas Keating, Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman, and Buddhist Monk Thich
Nhat Hahn, among many others. These spiritual masters answer many questions: What
happens to you after you die? Describe God. When is war justifiable? How would
God want us to respond to aggression and terrorism? And the big one: what is the
meaning of life? And much more...
India,
2005, 29 min., comedy, drama
This
film portrays a pilgrimage, starting at the Bay of Bengal where the Ganges river
enters the sea (Ganga Sagar), to Gangotri and Gomukh in the Himalayan Mountains.
Along the journey, one can see images from significant places of pilgrimage such
as Mayapur, Jaipur, Varanasi, Bodgaya, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Gangotri, and others.
Depicting the love and devotion the people of India have been exhibiting for thousands
of years in the worship of Gangamayi narratives and related stories found in the
Vedas describe the Ganges' spiritual origin, its purifying power, and descent
to the material world. The film also contains footage capturing the atmosphere
of ancient worship ceremonies, magnificent temples, and mystic yoga practise.
A
vivid and compelling portrait of an Arab country where Muslims, Christians, and
Jews have lived together in relative peace for centuries. Beautifully photographed
during Morocco's Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, the film presents unforgettable
performances from groups from Morocco, Ireland, Russia, Afghanistan, Mauritania,
USA, Portugal, and France, which carry viewers into what the film's Sufi guide
calls "the hearing of the heart" - the essential oneness at the core
of all religions and faiths. In a world polarized by religious conflicts and fundamentalism,
this film offers a timely and inspiring cinematic journey, reverberating with
unity, understanding, and hope. Following the film will be a videotaped discussion
for potential use on the film's website or an upcoming DVD.
Full
of beautiful aerial footage, this film documents the history of British crop circles
from 1978 through 2004. This is arguably the most thorough and balanced presentation
of the crop circle story ever told on film, with virtually all of the original
researchers interviewed and shown in historical video footage, as well as most
of the modern day experts. The film combines the history of the phenomenon with
the unfolding events of one summer in southern England - the 2001 crop circle
season. It was a watershed year for the people at the heart of the story, which
culminated, surprisingly, with the largest crop circle formation ever recorded
- a formation called "the mother of all crop circles."
This
award-winning film presents the captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra
System, an incredible network of hundreds of orchestras formed within most of
Venezuela's towns and villages, and a program designed to expose rural children
to the wonders of music. The system has become one of the most important and beautiful
social phenomena in modern history. With interviews with many of the world's most
celebrated musicians including the great tenor Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado,
Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, and Eduardo Mata, To Play and To Fight is
an inspirational story of courage, determination, ambition, and love showing us
that only those who dream can achieve the impossible.
This
film, a companion to the book "Astro-Theology & Shamanism," focuses
on the suppression of archaeoastronomy / astro-theology and entheogenic shamanism
as they apply to the core of the world's religions, especially Christianity. It
sheds light into a dark place by illuminating the spiritual connection and historical
of use of psychoactive mushrooms and plant medicines throughout the ages, specifically
the Amanita muscaria, dispelling once and for all the darkness created through
ignorance and intentional obfuscation of the truth. Includes original audio and
images of John Marco Allegro, author of The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross.
A
detailed analysis of the assasination of JFK leading to many connections to the
direct involvement of the CIA and the Bush family. This film, thoroughly documented,
is a criminal indictment of George Herbert Walker Bush, establishing beyond a
reasonable doubt he was a supervisor in the conspiracy to assassinate John F.
Kennedy. Presented in rememberance of the death of JFK, 44 years ago on Nov. 22,
1963.
Guerrilla
ontologist. Psychedelic magician. Outer head of the Illuminati. Quantum psychologist.
Sit-down comic/philosopher. Discordian Pope. Whatever the label and rank, Robert
Anton Wilson is undeniably one of the foundations of 21th Century Western counterculture.
Featuring RAW video spanning 25 years, Maybe Logic is a cinematic alchemy that
conjures it all together in a hilarious and mind-bending journey. Beaming with
insight, frustration, compassion, and unshakable optimism, the ever-open eye of
Robert Anton Wilson penetrates human illusions exposing the mathematical probabilities
and spooky synchronicities of the 8 dimensions of his Universe.
This
film examines the re-emergence of archaic techniques of ecstacy in the modern
world by weaving a synthesis of ecological and evolutionary awareness, electronic
dance culture, and the current pharmacological re-evaluation of entheogenic compounds.
Imagining consciousness itself to be evolving, Entheogen documents the emergence
of techno-shamanism in the post-modern world that frames the following questions:
How can a renewal of ancient initiatory rites of passage alleviate our ecological
crisis? What do trance dancing and festivals celebrating unbridled artistic expression
speak to in our collective psyche? How do we re-invent ourselves in a disenchanted
world from which God has long ago withdrawn? Entheogen invites the viewer to consider
that the answers to these questions lie within the consciousness of each and every
human being, and are accessible if only we give ourselves permission to awaken
to the divine within.
Narrated
by Peter Coyote, this award-winning film presents unexplained cases of UFOs from
around the world, investigates 50 years of official contradictions and denials,
and puts forth possible reasons for secrecy. The film also examines scientific
theories regarding interstellar travel and discusses the current movement for
official disclosure on the subject of UFOs - a subject that has been considered
by most government officials to be unworthy of serious investigation. Widely considered
to be the best documentary ever made on the subject, the producers travelled the
world to investigate some of the most famous sightings on record, gaining exclusive
interviews with high-ranking government and military personelle.
The
Mayan Calendar is ending on December 21st 2012. What will happen to us between
now and then? Are there other prophecies that also predict the closing of this
world age and the start of a new beginning? In this thought provoking film many
experts speak on this fast approaching prophecy, revealing the secrets that will
unfold before our eyes and will shape our future. Featuring interviews with noted
experts Jose Arguelles, Gregg Braden, John Major Jenkins, Rick Levine, Geoff Stray,
Moira Timms, Alberto Villoldo, Jay Weidner, the Incan Elders and more, this film
shows us that the coming world is ours to reshape and to remake in any way that
we deem possible.
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