would you like a side of movie with your down dog?

tonight was fun: it was movie night at the yoga centre. movie night and potluck. i am all about the potluck. so i made a salad, grabbed a bottle of goddess dressing and headed on down to my favorite place to asana the night away. fun group. good food. interesting, thought provoking movie.

the movie was 1 Giant Leap. not sure how to describe it. documentary? political? spiritual? musical? visual? it was like... hrm.... hummmm.... it was like a bunch of interesting interviews with very interesting people, shown in a non-linear fashion, with footage of all kinds of fascinating cultures. it tackled time, ego, sex, spirituality, music, love, war... it was actually quite inspirational.

you can check out the site here: 1 Giant Leap

meanwhile, this type of movie: yeah, i liked it. but i also thought that for me to see it, well, they were just preaching to the choir. yes and yes and yes i kept thinking. it definitely nailed my political and spiritual beliefs. and so in that way it was very affirming.

but i am not its target audience. this movie needs to reach someone who has never thought of these things... someone on the brink of finding something new about themselves.

meanwhile, i would see it again. meanwhile, it reinforced the ideas i am ready to take a stand on: the WTO (consumers can revolt! we can demand the quality we want and expect, including not only product but the way the product is made); spirituality (we all find god — or creator — or whatever — in our own way and we should respect that in each other).

other fun parts of the movie: picking out the people as they were talking (no one had a name on screen when they spoke or sang or performed, but i saw/heard dennis hopper, kurt vonnegut, ram das, dzongsar khyentse rinpoche, michael stipe, neneh cherry... who else? oh yes, the amazing anita roddick).