FIERCE LIGHT: WHEN SPIRIT MEETS ACTION
Tuesday April 20 at 7pm
FREE
NFB Cinema (150 John St, at Richmond St W)

Directed by Velcrow Ripper, 2008, 97 minutes

Winner, NFB Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2008

Fueled by the belief that another world is possible, acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper takes us on a global journey, tracing spiritual activism's historical roots and capturing the powerful personalities that are igniting a new wave of spiritual action around the globe.

Featuring visionary Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hahn; Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Pulitzer Prize winning author, Alice Walker; famed tree-sitter, Julia Butterfly Hill; and Hollywood celebrity turned activist, Daryl Hannah.

Author and activist Judy Rebick, who appears in the film, will lead a discussion following the screening. Ms. Rebick is the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University in Toronto, and the founding publisher of www.rabble.ca.

PeaceFlicks! is a collaboration between the NFB Mediatheque and Peaceworks, in conjunction with Nonviolent Peaceforce Canada, Greenspiration, and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace.

For more information, visit www.NFB.ca/mediatheque or call 416-973-3012.