ILLUMINATE 2018 Lineup
ILLUMINATE 2018 Program Guide • Download the Festival Grid
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Wednesday, May 30, 6:30 pm
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Creative Life Center |
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Enjoy a spectacular night's entertainment amongst the red rocks at The Creative Life Center. Just as the stars come out, so too will the screening of The Push.
What do you do when your high-risk, high-adventure world crashes under you? If you're Grant Korgan, you focus on recovering 120 percent to do the impossible: push your way over nearly 100 miles in Antarctica, spinal cord injury and all.
GONE TO RUSH LINE |
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Thursday, May 31, 1:00 pm
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Mary D. Fisher Theatre |
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Sometimes the answers are hiding in plain sight. With 21 chronic diseases between them, and time running out, this young family goes entirely non-GMO and organic with miraculous health results. |
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Friday, June 1, 1:00 pm
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SPAC Black Box |
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Immerse yourself in Dharamsala, a hilltop town in India and home to the Kalachakra initiation. Natalie and three others start to confront their deepest fears as they approach the transformational power of this initiation, led by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, who is followed by millions. Narrated by Uma Thurman. |
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Friday, June 1, 3:45 pm
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Mary D. Fisher Theatre |
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When scientist Leah saves the life of Samuel, an actor, their lives change dramatically. Samuel comes to believe that they have always been destined to fall in love. But can he convince logical Leah with his metaphysical ideas on past lives, reincarnations and destinies? Is such a supernatural shift possible for her? |
A Q&A with Stephen Simon follows the film. |
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Friday, June 1, 7:00 pm
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SPAC Main Theater |
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History comes alive through archaeology in this multi-layered epic drama. A modern-day Mohawk and archaeologist, Baptist Asigny (played by Canadian rapper Samian), journeys through 750 years of history in one single spot. We hear tales of native peoples, explorers and Revolutionary rebels in the 1800s. Hochelaga, Land of Souls is a portrait of sacred land, ancestors, memory and reconciliation. |
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Saturday, June 2, 10:00 am
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SPAC Black Box |
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With the help of a professional storyteller, five orphaned children release the scars of their lives in Swaziland by creating their own fictional heroine, Liyana. This animated African tale of perseverance draws from their darkest memories and brightest dreams. As Liyana embarks on a dangerous rescue of her young twin brothers, the transformative power of storytelling emerges in real lives. |
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Saturday, June 2, 1:00 pm
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SPAC Black Box |
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From elite private schools to public education to the streets, teachers and students are making a difference by uplifting themselves and others through mindfulness. Enjoy its poetic cinematography, real-life stories and sequences of teachers leading sensitive or boisterous practices. Mindfulness in education, we discover, is as a fundamental piece of life's puzzle—at any age. |
A Q&A with filmmakers Hélène Walter and Eric Georgeault follows the film. |
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Saturday, June 2, 3:45 pm
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SPAC Black Box |
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How would you help a parent who dreamt his end is near? For dutiful son Rajiv, it means dropping everything and traveling with his father Daya to the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. Seeking an end to rebirth, Daya blooms with life instead. Meanwhile, Rajiv finds himself torn by his responsibilities. Based on real guest houses for the dying, this film is a bittersweet Indian meditation on death, life and salvation. |
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Sunday, June 3, 10:00 am
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SPAC Black Box |
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Be inspired and uplifted as this world-renowned entrepreneur, speaker and best-selling author uses his extraordinary life and career to transform millions. The world knows Jack's kindness and compassion through his Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books, which help others (maybe even you!) live lives of success, gratitude and joy. |
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Sunday, June 3, 1:00 pm
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SPAC Black Box |
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Is animal communication possible? Filmmaker Salome Pitschen explores communication between animals and humans. On an international journey that even leads her to the Sedona-based Maia Kincaid, Salome discovers what it means to communicate with animals, whether it's her dog Bina, horses, dolphins, or goats. Getting familiar with their language and training with her dog she learns astonishing things about animal communication. |