Dear friends,
It was really great to be back at the Sundance Film Festival after so many years. The UCLA Film Archive unveiled a "restored" HD Hoop Dreams master which was actually an improvement from our original Beta video tapes. I myself hadn't seen the film for at least ten years.
I was delighted to see how little it had dated. The NBA stars of the early 90s are mostly long gone and of course everybody has cell phones now. But the story just takes over and sweeps you away with the same nail-biting drama, hope, and heartache as ever. For me personally, watching the film was like visiting again with family I loved but hadn't seen for many years. That was underscored by having both Arthur and Sheila Agee join us (above). It seemed like our connection hadn't missed a beat.
Journey from Zanskar will soon be available on I-Tunes. Before Sundance, I had the sweet opportunity to screen it at the wonderful Waimea Ocean Film Festival in Hawaii. If you'd like to see it on Netflix please call them at 866-716-0414 and request it. (Crazy as it may sound, there's no way to recommend a film online.)
We're going into production on Rites of Passage: Mentoring the Future. We hope to start shooting our first mentor/mentee story in Oakland in March. I'll also be giving a talk on youth rites of passage to the Los Altos, CA, Rotary Club on March 27. (The flyer is attached.) I'm open to giving talks like these anytime, anywhere.
We're growing our Board again. So if the work we're doing calls to you, please contact us at info@warriorfilms.org and let us know. We welcome dedicated, inspired partners worldwide.
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Still on mission...
Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 3:56PM 
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