Since its overwhelming success on Broadway forty years ago, HAIR: Let the Sun Shine In has inspired generations with its messages of love, non-violence and liberation. This definitive and entertaining documentary highlights the continuing relevance of the show and its still radical, transformative power.

In preparation for its fortieth anniversary, the show’s author and co-creator Jim Rado rehearses a troupe of young performers for a new production whose vibrant energy brings HAIR’s fantastic score to life once again. A wealth of archival footage covers US and international productions as well as conveys a portrait of an era, a generation and its politics. Original interviews and new segments feature Milos Forman, Keith Carradine, Ben Vereen, Melba Moore, author James Rado, composer Galt MacDermot, director Tom O’Horgan and others.

With the US today again mired in a prolonged and unpopular war, HAIR inspires a new generation with its cry for peace, love and change.

“Wonderful work!”
- Milos Forman, Director of the movie HAIR

 

“Without exception it is the best HAIR film I have seen.”
- Michael Butler, producer of the Broadway production of HAIR

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HAIR DVD
Price:	$24.98 (Home Use)
Item #:	ALV-DV-16
Availability:	USA
Running Time:	55 minutes plus 1 hour bonus footage
Production Year:	2007
DVD Extras:	Original Trailer
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 2007 Ina. All rights reserved.

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HAIR Photos from the Special Preview Screening at the National Arts Club in New York City on Monday, July 28th, 2008

What moves young, educated people to give up lives of material security for a spiritual quest that confronts uncertainty?

Filmed in the gorgeous countryside and ancient cities of India and Turkey, Through the Eastern Gate is a compelling documentary following the journeys of three young people who have turned their backs on the material comforts and distractions of the West to find meaning in the spiritual philosophies of the East.

Sister Yeshe Chodron’s journey leads her from Australia to the foothills of the Himalayas and life as a Buddhist nun. On a riverbank in southern India, Ronela Vainio, a native of Finland, immerses herself in tantric yoga. Lastly, Californian Aziz Abbatiello discovers his calling as a Sufi dervish in Turkey, where he prays, sings, and spins himself into spiritual ecstasy.

The idyllic settings in which these young people practice their disciplines sharply contrast the cramped landscape of the West and the often aimless lifestyle of their peers. The lives of the three spiritual novices, however, are not without challenges. They must leave their family behind and make material sacrifices. Ronela admits, “My family still wonders why I wanted to go so far away, why I don’t live like a normal human being.” In addition, attaining true spirituality requires tremendous effort and the patience to delve deep beneath the surface and not be distracted by the trappings of this world. “It’s easy to go around in circles”, says Aziz, “but to empty yourself of yourself, that’s a struggle”.

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As part of the making of the ground-breaking series “A Brief History of Disbelief,” Jonathan Miller filmed conversations with some very distinguished minds. Jonathan, of course, could not resist the temptation to make these conversations wide ranging and so – naturally enough – their final contributions to “A Brief History of Disbelief” are only a small part of the original interviews.In these off-the-record interviews, neurologist turned playwright, filmmaker and self-described atheist Jonathan Miller filmed conversations with six of today’s leading men of letters and science: biologist and New York Times best-selling author Richard Dawkins, philosophers Daniel Dennett and Colin McGinn, distinguished playwright Arthur Miller, theologian Denys Turner and Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Weinberg, who discuss their personal intellectual journeys and offer illuminating analyses of nontheism from a wide range of perspectives.

The Atheism Tapes is a ground-breaking series that will challenge your basic beliefs.
 

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Part 1 with Colin McGinn, Steven Weinberg and Daniel Dennett

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Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to “tune in, turn on and drop out,” lysergic acid diethylamide (or LSD) was being used by researchers committed to understanding the workings of the human mind. Discovered in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, LSD was hailed as a powerful tool for the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction and to provide a window into schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Much of that pioneering research was done by the team of Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer and Duncan Blewett, all working in Saskatchewan.

While researchers were establishing the medical benefits of LSD, others—like the friend of Humphry Osmond, author Aldous Huxley—promoted the drug as a powerful tool for mental exploration and self-understanding. At Harvard, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Ram Dass became popular heroes after the university cancelled their research into psychedelics.

With thoughtful interviews, beautiful music and stunning cinematography, Hofmann’s Potion is an invitation to look at LSD with a more open, compassionate mind.

Featuring the Pioneers of LSD:

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Never before in our collective human history have so many women had such autonomy to construct a life of their own creation. Yet, the terrain is still rocky and ‘choice’ does not necessarily bring happiness, let alone freedom. Meanwhile, old models of femaleness still haunt women everywhere.

In this six-hour tour de force, Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, master storyteller Jennifer Fox lays bare her own turbulent life to penetrate what it means to be a free woman today. As her drama of work and relationships unfolds over four years, our protagonist travels to over seventeen countries to understand how diverse women define their lives when there is no map. Employing an ingenious new camera technique, called “passing the camera”, Fox creates a documentary language that mirrors the special way women communicate. Over intimate conversations around kitchen tables from South Africa to Russia, India and Pakistan, she initiates a groundbreaking dialogue among women, illuminating universal concerns across race, class and nationality. Part delectable soap opera, sociopolitical inquiry, and narrative experiments, Flying sweeps us up into an addictive international adventure chronicled with sincerity, innovation and elegance.

—Caroline Libresco, SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL catalogue

“Jennifer Fox’s “FLYING” should be REQUIRED VIEWING For every woman!”
-Candace Bushnell, Creator, SEX AND THE CITY

“Jennifer Fox’s work sneaks up on you… by turns brave, loving, naive and selfish, Fox embarks on a three-year odyssey, training her lens on far-flung friends to ignite an intimate, yet global, conversation on womanhood. Eavesdropping is rarely this rewarding. A- ”
-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

“By turns playful, sexy, tragic and contemplative, “Flying” is an addictive soap
about sexuality and sisterhood. And if that makes the average man’s eyeballs roll, all the more reason for his honey to buy him a ticket…”
-Jeannette Catsoulis, NEW YORK TIMES (Review)

“In Flying, Fox takes us with her soaring on joyful events and allows us to sink with her into the sad and tragic events in her life. She is a woman with whom any American woman can truly relate. Men watching this video could learn a great deal about the minds and hearts of females in their lives. ”
-circlesoflight.com

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a landmark organization for women’s health.

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Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman are KIKI & HERB, worldwide smash punk rebel entertainers, cabaret outsiders, and subversive pop stars who rock stages all over the world. Join the Tony-nominated duo at the epicenter of their madness for their first-ever live DVD from the Knitting Factory in New York City. Featuring 15 numbers from their incendiary Year of Magical Drinking Tour including Rhythm Divine, Song Against Sex, I’m Ugly (and I Don’t Know Why), Moments of Pleasure, I was a Maoist Intellectual, and LilyBelle, KIKI & HERB Live at the Knitting Factory delivers the artistry that Ben Brantley of the NY Times hails as “mind-popping, transcendent, and wondrous, of devastating depth and substance.”

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Already a worldwide film festival favorite, SOUND OF THE SOUL transports viewers on an exhilarating and inspiring cinematic journey into the heart of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.

SOUND OF THE SOUL celebrates the historic city of Fez, an ancient sanctuary for Muslim, Jewish and Christian inhabitants. This North African desert Mecca is the ideal location for an exceptional music festival that brings together a gospel band from Harlem, the ethereal sound of Irish vocal group Anuna, a transcendent chorus of African Berber women, a soul-wrenching Portuguese Fado singer, a French early music ensemble, and players and vocalists from Afghanistan, England, Russia, Ireland, Mauritania, and Turkey. All are intermixed with unforgettable Moroccan Sufi performers and all are connected through their artistry by profound expressions of love and faith.

In a world increasingly polarized by religious conflicts and fundamentalist forces, SOUND OF THE SOUL reverberates with unity, understanding, and most of all, hope. This thought-provoking documentary film vividly portrays the universal language of music and an Arab country where people of different faiths and cultures have lived together in relative peace for centuries.

SOUND OF THE SOUL includes a bonus CD featuring the music of:

Francoise Atlan & the Mohamed Briouel Orchestra – (France-Morocco)
Farida Mahwash & the Kabul Ensemble (Afghanistan)
Anuna (Ireland)
Samaa Sahraoui (Morocco)
Tariqa Harraquia (Morocco)
The Sirine Choir (Russia)
The Tallis Scholars (United Kingdom)
Nass El Ghiwane (Morocco)
The Sirine Choir (Russia)
The McCullough Sons of Thunder (United States)

“A handsome documentary…intensely rhythmic and ecstatic.”
-Variety

“The music you will see in this film is extraordinary, and its message of healing is extraordinary.”
-Peter Scarlet, Executive Director, Tribeca Film Festival

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This award-winning documentary about poet, artist, calligrapher and mystic Brion Gysin, portrays the life and legacy of an artist who believed art could revolutionize human consciousness. FLicKeR chronicles Gison’s complex ideas, friendships and influence with some of the 20th century’s key counterculture figures, such as William Burroughs, Kurt Corbain and Marianne Faithful.

Gysin was fascinated by identity. He saw himself as incarnating the 10th-century King of Assassins, trained in counter-espionage during WWII, and wrote and rewrote his name in countless permutations, as if to make it disappear - in the process, inventing the cut-up technique that his lifelong friend, Beat novelist Burroughs, would make famous. Featuring greats like Burroughs (in archival footage), singer Marianne Faithfull, singer/artist Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV, poet John Giorno, punk rocker Iggy Pop, filmmaker Kenneth Anger and artist/turntablist DJ Spooky, FLicKeR is a hypnotic documentary.

Taking the dream machine as the basis of its explorations, FLicKeR asks crucial questions about the nature of art and consciousness, and imagines humanity liberated to explore its creativity in complete freedom.

Featuring:

Marianne Faithfull - Iggy Pop - Kenneth Anger - Genesis P-Orridge - John Giorno - DJ Spooky
And many more…

Special Jury Prize for Best Canadian Feature Documentary

The rare documentary that jumps beyond informative and entertaining into the realm of mind-expanding, FLicKeR blends revelatory biography, energizing philosophy, and seductive trances.
– Michael Fox in the San Francisco Weekly
 
FlicKeR is steadfast in its belief that Gysin is influential… a variety of academics use Gysin as a gateway to discussions of everything from the changing nature of terrorism to iPods… [FLicKeR] energizes his enigma.
– Johnny Ray Huston, San Francisco Bay Guardian

The impressive parade of counter cultural talking heads put forth a cumulative defense of Gysin as a creative force in his own right, whose talents and insights extend far beyond Burroughs’ long shadow.
– Matt Sussman, SF360

 
 
 
 
 
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PROTAGONIST explores extremism through contrasting stories of personal revelation. The film features four individuals who have been devoted to personal odysseys - a cause, a quest, an ideal - to the point of total consumption. At first glance the characters appear disconnected: a former German terrorist, an “ex-gay” evangelist, a bank robber and a martial arts student. But as their stories unfold, one starts to see the parallels between the uncommon, common experience of these four men.

“…an enthralling documentary”
Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“Each man’s story as he tells it is riveting, truly stranger than fiction, and awesome, too, in the way of unfathomable humans.“
- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

“…wonderfully accomplished, unexpected and challenging.”
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“….”Protagonist” is an irresistible and novel trip into innovative storytelling and satisfying resolutions.“
- John Anderson, Variety

Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize Nominee

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Dear Karinna,

I have been with my fiancé for six years. Before we even thought about children our intimacy and sex life was great. But since our third child was born and I had my tubes tied, there is no sex or intimacy anymore. I feel that getting my tubes tied made me feel like having less intimacy and left me with no sex drive.

I want to give him my all, but for some reason there is no strength in me to even try to make passionate love to him. I don’t feel open to negotiate options with him. I am scared to be up front and honest with him, and I don’t want him to feel as though he failed in some way.

It’s so bad now that he thinks I am cheating on him. I need help with his understanding me. For some reason I have had a hard time with intimacy. I have since I was younger, and I think it has to do with the childhood molestation in my past. Please help me understand my problems.

– S.

Dear S.,

First I would like to say that having a Tubal Ligationprocedure can, in some cases, cause havoc on your hormonal levels, which can temporarily cause a loss of libido. I would suggest discussing this issue with your doctor and checking out their suggestions for balancing your hormones, which could help increase your sex drive.

Having addressed the health component of your question, it is important to honor that many mothers find their days exhausting and feel they have little time left over to take care of themselves or feel energized enough to experience love and romance with their lovers. Many mothers would rather have a massage.

The key is to schedule the time to be romantic with one another. Don’t wait for spontaneity or the timing to be “perfect.” At this point in your life you will always have another baby to feed and laundry to do. You have to schedule time for romance at the beginning of your week. On Sunday sit down with your fiancé and decide on a time and date, whether it is next Saturday for 2 hours, or Wednesday morning for 30 minutes before the kids get up, or in the evening sometime right before dinner. Take time just for the two of you to be intimate and romantic.

If you make the appointment all your anxiety about making it happen will disappear. And your effort will make him know you really care about love and romance with him.

For a shorter romantic opportunity begin by just lying on top of your lover body to body– allow a natural connection to arise. Tune into your lover’s mind, heart, and body. Breathe your lover in. Let this stir you to kiss, initiate sex, or even just hold and touch each other sensually.

For a longer romantic opportunity don’t make it just about intercourse. Start your intimate time together with a bubble bath and/or giving each other a neck or foot massage. Then allow arousing and meaningful foreplay to unfold… see where that will lead you!

Important Note: Avoid intimacy right after eating. Food makes you tired and parents can often become exhausted quickly and loose momentum.

Lastly, you have to be willing to do some healing work around the sexual trauma that you suffered as a child. My suggestion is to see a counselor who can offer you the information and support you need to move through the healing process. My CD series, The Lover Within, is also a good choice and a powerful educational tool for reclaiming your health and wholeness with your sexuality. It will free up your physical and emotional energy to give and receive love and romance and teach you some new skills to enhance the overall intimate experiences you crave.