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“Beyond Hoop Dreams” at Lisa’s Hearth in Oakland

February 16, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Dear Guests of My Hearth,

I am honored to host Frederick Marx, the award-winning film director, producer and Rinzai Zen Priest at Lisa’s Hearth Thursday Feb 16 at 7pm. Frederick will lead us in an engaging conversation about how to be an agent for positive change. He will show segments from four of his critically acclaimed films: Hoop Dreams, Journey from Zanskar, Rites of Passage and Veterans Journey Home and use them as a springboard for a lively discussion about what makes the films impactful and what types of positive change can arise from watching the films. Frederick then moves from behind the camera posing the questions: How do we connect with others in a way that promotes better understanding, that facilitates deeper connection, that heals the divide, that lights the fire for positive change, that opens our hearts and strengthens and sustains our communities? How do we find our own authentic voice and gift it to the world around us?

Buy your tickets in advance to guarantee your seat for this extraordinary evening with Frederick Marx who was nominated for both an Academy Award and Emmy Award and is most known for Hoop Dreams named the Best Documentary of All Time by the Intl. Documentary Association. His last film Journey from Zanskar – featuring the Dalai Lama and Richard Gere – is in worldwide distribution.

Frederick and I are looking forward to seeing you for “Beyond Hoop Dreams” on February 16, 2017. Location details and a full biography are below.

Best,

Lisa Wade

www.LisasHearth.com

Details:

“Beyond Hoop Dreams” with Frederick Marx

Thursday Feb 16, 2017

7-9pm

At the home of Lisa Wade

6242 Buena Vista Ave, Oakland, CA 94618

916-214-0579

Space Limited.

Buy Tickets in Advance for $20

A certain number of discounted tickets are available for the financially challenged. Contact [email protected] for more info.

Biography of Frederick Marx:

Nominated for both an Academy Award and Emmy Award, Frederick Marx is a Producer, Director, Writer, and Editor with 40 years in the film and TV business. His last film Journey from Zanskar – featuring the Dalai Lama and Richard Gere – is in worldwide distribution. Most known for Hoop Dreams named the Best Documentary of All Time by the Intl. Documentary Association – Marx has screened his films at the worlds most prestigious festivals, networks, and venues. Other recognition includes: Chicago Tribune Artist of the Year, Guggenheim Fellow, recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Special Achievement Award. Other recent long-form films include Boys to Men? and The Unspoken. Short films include Rites of Passage: Mentoring the Future, Tatanka Alliance, and The World as it Could Be is Within REACH. He’s presently developing his next film Veterans Journey Home to highlight the best people, practices, and programs designed to help veterans transition successfully back into civilian life. Having dedicated his life to the making and promotion of independent films, Marx, a true maverick in the increasingly commercialized world of independent cinema, continues to provide a voice of artistic and social integrity. He repeatedly returns to work with disadvantaged and misunderstood communities: people of color, foreigners, abused children, the working poor, welfare recipients, prisoners, the elderly, and at risk youth. He brings a passion for appreciating multiculturalism and an urgent empathy for the sufferings of the disadvantaged to every subject he tackles. As his mission statement indicates (Bearing witness, creating change), his is a voice strong and clear, and profoundly human. https://warriorfilms.org

About Lisa’s Hearth:
As her service and passion, Lisa Wade regularly gathers community into her home in the Oakland Hills to experience inspirational speakers, authors, musicians, dancers, artists, healers, and more. “It brings me great joy to gather community in my home to gain wisdom with our stories and open our hearts through connection and shared experience,” Lisa Wade. http://www.LisasHearth.com

Upcoming Events:

1/19/17 Forgiving the Unforgivable with Kai Eckhardt **just a few seats left**
2/16/17 Beyond Hoop Dreams with Frederick Marx
3/11/17 An Inner Journey through Sound with Bruce Manaka and Francoise Bourzat

Details

Date:: February 16, 2017
Time:: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Event Category:: Film Screening
Event Tags:: hoop dreams, mentor, screening, veterans journey home

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What People Are Saying About Warrior Films & Frederick Marx:

Gerry Richman | Station Director, KTCA-TV (PBS)

A major talent in American filmmaking. All his work is imbued with power, intelligence, social concern, and utter dedication.

Craig Glass | President, Peregrine Ministries International

Frederick is a man of integrity; his word is his bond. He is a man who cares about lives; his stories go beyond entertainment to impact. He is a man of significant creativity; he uses his talent to make a genuine difference in the world.

Ben Singleton | Former U.S. Army Paratrooper and Sniper

My hope is that people who watch [Veterans Journey Home] take away a deeper understanding of the American Veteran, who we are as a collective, and a greater sense of how to speak to us as a population.

Rob Nugen

Thank you Frederick for clarifying a simple solution for just about every wrong in our planet. Backed with multiple lifetimes worth of expert knowledge, Rites to a Good Life presents us an opportunity for getting our world back on track. The work is critical for our survival. Will we do it?

Jack Kornfield | Bestselling American Author

Filled like a banquet with rituals, stories, medicines, quotes and models, recipes for genuine growth and transformation... Rites to a Good Life is a call for us all to reflect on our own personal journey and its place in the culture and cosmos around us.

James Baraz | Co-Author of Awakening Joy: 10 Steps to Happiness

Frederick Marx has written a touchingly intimate account of love, loss and healing. Losing a loved one is something most everyone faces at some point in life. At Death Do Us Part shows the possibility of navigating through this journey with consciousness, understanding and an open heart.

Rachel Saltz | New York Times

Mr. Marx shines a light on a place and a way of life that are rapidly changing.

Ram Dass | Author of Be Here Now

Most people know Frederick Marx from Hoop Dreams, Journey From Zanskar, and other fine films. They probably don't know that he is a longtime student of dharma, an ordained Zen priest, and a gifted writer exploring the terrain of the human heart.

Maxine Hong Kingston | Author of The Woman Warrior

AT DEATH DO US PART is a true love story, on the plane with Joan Didion's YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING and Joyce Carol Oates' A WIDOW'S STORY. Heart-breaking. Heart-healing.

Roshi Joan Halifax | Author of Being with Dying

This book is one's man's story of love, loss, and realization; actually it is a story that many of us know or will know. Heartbreaking, beautiful, intimate, challenging... This is a book we should all read.

Phil Tuckett | DocUtah Film Festival Founder

The Steven Spielberg of documentary filmmaking.