Category: Film & Video

"Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food" -- Hippocrates. That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film "Food Matters" from Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch..

With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what's wrong with our malnourished bodies, it's no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. The film Food Matters sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide 'sickness industry' and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for curing disease naturally.

New documentary punches holes in the official "war on terrorism" excuse that has been used to dismantle the U.S. Bill of Rights and presents to the viewer a number of options for regaining control of a government that has misplaced its checks and lost its balance.

Washington, You're Fired puts the House, the Senate, and the President on the hot seat as pink slips fly in D.C. Voting, running for office, and getting involved in the political process are discussed and promoted, as well as, social issues and how they are being used to divide the nation and our two-party system.

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Edmund Hillary, who passed away last month, was the first person to climb Mount Everest. He's now being honored by having the motion picture "Back From The Edge" dedicated to him.

Canadian businessman, Werner Berger, is the oldest North American to have summitted Mount Everest, and the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents (known as the Seven Summits). Berger credits famed mountaineer, Edmund Hillary as the inspiration for overcoming "the impossible." In 1953, along with his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay, Hillary climbed up the now famous, "Hillary Steps" and reached the summit of Mount Everest.

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Edmund Hillary on the summit Of Everest.

Yoga practitioners of all skill levels can now access a new yoga DVD line from Real Bodywork. Each yoga DVD features more than three hours of yoga routines, complete with detailed, professional instruction.

Real Bodywork announces the release of three new yoga DVDs, each featuring three-and-a-half hours of yoga footage and detailed instruction. The company has also launched a new Web site, www.RealBodywork.com/yoga, to complement the DVD line.

"Heart of the Beholder," the movie that Reverend Donald Wildmon's National Federation for Decency doesn't want anyone to see, will be used as a fundraising tool for the St. Charles (Missouri) High School's Drama Department.

The St. Charles (Missouri) High School's Drama Department is raising production and theater renovation funds with the help of the controversial movie Heart of the Beholder. Heart of the Beholder has won more Best Feature Film awards on the independent film festival circuit than any other indie movie ever, but distributors are afraid that it is too controversial for the general public.

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Renowned Yoga exponent -- Franz Andrini -- has released a video-based, online course for weight-loss through Yoga. Titled "Slimmer in Sixty Days," this is the second course released by Franz on www.zendle.com.

Yoga exponent Franz Andrini has released a video-based, online course for weight-loss through Yoga. Titled, Slimmer in Sixty Days, this is the second course released by him on www.zendle.com, a site where only invited experts can publish content. Andrini has also released an online, free, Yoga encyclopedia on Zendle.com where he has demonstrated over 130 advanced Yoga postures.

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Franz Andrini

"InAlienable," written and produced by Walter Koenig and starring Battlestar Galactica's Richard Hatch & TNG's Marina Sirtis makes worldwide premiere on the Internet on Saturday, December 15, 2007.

InAlienable, the first production from Renegade Studios, will become the first full-length sci-fi feature film to premiere on the Internet. Through the magic of digital technology, beginning Saturday, December 15, the entire 105-minute feature can be viewed in exceptional full screen HD quality on any relatively new PC or Mac with a broadband connection. The film will be available at www.renegade-studios.com for $2.99 per showing.

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Jerome Bixby's "The Man From Earth" sees ranking on IMDb MOVIEmeter go from #11,235 to #6 in two weeks. The independent film is now ranked as the 14th best Sci-Fi film ever.

While the conundrum facing the film industry over Internet piracy heats up, one producer of an independent low-budget film has taken matters into his own hands...

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Richard Riehle as Dr. Will Guber in The Man From Earth

The day after the DVD release (11/13/07) of his film Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth, producer Eric D. Wilkinson took the groundbreaking step to directly address peer-to-peer file sharing constituents. On the blog rlslog.net he thanked the "pirates" for downloading his film. He also requested that they spread the word, buy the DVD and donate money for their viewing to the film at www.manfromearth.com.

Writer's Guild strike may be a blessing in disguise to independent film makers. Unknown Productions, a small Southern California film and video production company has cast James Kyson Lee (NBC, "Heroes") and George Stults, the star of "7th Heaven," for it's up-coming psychological horror film, Necrosis.

Unknown Productions Incorporated is in preproduction on the Independent Psychological Horror Film, Necrosis, and has cast James Kyson Lee (NBC Heroes) as one of the lead characters, "Jerry." Necrosis is set to begin production in Lake Tahoe, California in January 2008.

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James Kyson Lee / Publicity Still

The trials and tribulations of being a documentary filmmaker in the Indian Himalayas.

Two landslides on a road in the Indian Himalayas tested holistic health filmmaker Victor Demko's resolve to get an interview with Yoga Master Swami Sundaranand. Demko encountered this challenge while traveling from Rishikesh to Gangotri, the site of the historic head water of the Ganges River and longtime home of the 79 year old Swami Sundaranand, one of the last hardcore Himalayan yogis.

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