Elizabeth Sheldon is the vice president of Lorber HT Digital, the corporate parent of Alive Mind. As a member of the senior management team, she is responsible for pioneering digital initiatives, overseeing content acquisitions and co-productions, and implementing online distribution strategies. She is also the editor of alivemindmedia.com and secularphilosophy.com. Ms. Sheldon is also the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, during which she produced a film on the effects of reunification on East German women. She has a Master's degree from Princeton University in Comparative Literature and a B.A. from Mills College in Philosophy and German. She has received three grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her film projects and is a media columnist for the online journal Wild River Review. She is a frequent contributor to other industry publications, such as the Independent Documentary Magazine.
Hello Alive Mind Friends,
We are so pleased about the excitement brewing for our latest release Hair: Let the Sun Shine In. Following our joint event with Bottlerocket Spirit & Wine in New York City earlier this month, Playbill announced Hair: The Musical’s return to Broadway in 2009! On October 14th the folks that [...]
Sex is everywhere and yet it is taboo; images beckon and taunt yet leave the voyeur dissatisfied. At “Sex Tête” (the French word means head, seat of intellect and mental faculties) you will discover films and writings that explore how the sensual and erotic connect with the spirit and intellect through sex. At [...]
Greetings Friends of Alive Mind:
Although summer is winding down, we want to invite to you to let the sun shine on and on. On September 17th, Alive Mind and Bottlerocket Wine & Spirit are proud to host a special wine tasting event in honor of the DVD release of the documentary film Hair: Let the [...]
Dear Friends,
Where to start? I guess a good place is to let everybody know that we have a new home for Alive Mind where all of our independent communities are now housed under one roof: Women and Spirituality can now be found under Alive Mind and Spirit and joining our list [...]
In Honor of Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann passed away Tuesday April 29th at his hilltop home near Basel, Switzerland at the age of 102. He discovered lysergic acid diethylamide, popularly known as LSD, in a Swiss lab in 1938. The New York Times writes:
Dr. Hofmann first synthesized the compound lysergic acid diethylamide in 1938 but did [...]
It’s been a busy last two weeks here at Alive between attending MIP TV in France and launching our latest releases. Our prez, Richard Lorber and I are back from Cannes after attending the International Programming Market. Twice a year, broadcasters, distributors and producers from around the world converge on the Riviera for a week [...]
The big news at Alive Mind this week is our upcoming releases… I know I’ve been hinting at what is in our pipeline and I am proud to announce that this spring we will be releasing Living Goddess, in addition to Academy Award winning director Jessica Yu’s Protagonist.
Sajani Shakya made international headlines earlier this month [...]
