Episode 137 - Already Free Part 2 (Interview with Filmmaker Kim Shelton)
ALREADY FREE is a beautiful, award-winning film that documents the profound transformation of Dorrie van Roij-Houtappels and Norberto Rodrigues. In the last episode, Rev. Carol spoke with Dorrie and Norberto. In this episode, she engages Director/Producer Kim Shelton about the making of the film, the spiritual process of filmmaking, how the topics of her film select her, and her own spiritual journey. Kim has been making award-winning independent documentary films for over 35 years. Among her films are The Lost Borders: Coming of Age in the Wilderness, A Great Wonder: The Lost Children of Sudan, The Welcome, A Thousand Mothers, and Already Free.
Here is the trailer for Already Free:
ABOUT KIM:
Kim has been making award-winning independent documentary films for over 35 years. Her tastes are eclectic and she has covered a wide range of subjects from Buckaroos in Nevada, to Sudanese refugees, to war veterans, to Buddhist nuns in Myanmar, and now, “higher states of consciousness” in two Qigong students from Portugal and New Zealand. Her films, THE HIGHLY EXALTED, COWBOY POETS, TUSCARORA, LOST BORDERS: COMING OF AGE IN THE WILDERNESS, A GREAT WONDER: THE LOST CHILDREN OF SUDAN, THE WELCOME, A THOUSAND MOTHERS, and ALREADY FREE have won numerous film festival awards, and have been broadcast nationally and internationally, on POV, PBS, National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, and the BBC.
(taken from kimsheltonfilms.com)
NOTES:
The teacher of Ren Xue is Yuan Tze, and he is referred to several times during this episode.
As Kim shared during our conversation, her films journey into the darkness where healing happens. They are educational, beautiful and transcendent. You can view Already Free here for $5. There will be also be a free screening of the film the weekend of April 24 & 25. If you register on the website now, you will receive a reminder email when the event begins.
CORRECTION: During this podcast, I mention the Already Free website as a .com site. That is incorrect. It is a .org site.
