The Beaufort Film Festival is my new favorite film festival! Witness my gratitude yourself by clicking on my acceptance speech below – receiving the award for Best Doc in the Duty and Honor category from Marine Colonel “Riccoh” Player.
Reflections on the Warrior Archetype in the Age of Neo-Feudalism
I’ve spent many years reflecting on the meaning of the Warrior Archetype. It’s no coincidence that my company is named Warrior Films.
My friend Christa Lörcher was shocked and appalled in 2001 when she discovered I had given my company that name. As a lifelong pacifist, she attained notoriety in 2002 when she was the lone person in the German Bundestag to vote no to her government’s otherwise universal endorsement of military intervention in Afghanistan. For her the term Warrior encompassed all that was abhorrent about her country’s militaristic history. I have lifelong respect for her taking that principled stand. Read on…
In a recent episode of the ManoPause Podcast, I spoke with the guys (brothers of the Tribe no less!) about the connection between Hoop Dreams and my obsession with Rites of Passage. Check it out.
The Pope and Putin are on stage in front of a huge crowd.
The Pope leans over to Putin and says, “Do you know, that with one wave of my hand, I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display, like that of your followers, but go deep into their hearts for the rest of their lives, and whenever they speak of this day, they will rejoice!”
Putin replies, “I do not believe. With one wave of your hand? Show me!”
So the Pope slapped him.
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In gratitude for you and all beings,
Frederick Marx
Warrior Films