May 22 - 24
Krishnamurti Education Center, 1098 McAndrew Road, Ojai, California
The Krishnamurti Foundation of America is opening its archives to show rare and historic films about the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. The Festival, to be held at the Krishnamurti Education Center in Ojai, California, features a program of eight feature-length showings during Memorial Day weekend (May 22-24, 2009), and includes films by George Lucas/Deepa Mehta, the noted Indian filmmaker G. Aravindan (with cinematographer Shaji Karun), Evelyne Blau, and Michael Mendizza. The program also features showings of Krishnamurti’s dialogues with the Nobel prize-winning biologist Jonas Salk, and the British theoretical physicist David Bohm.
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986), known for coining the phrase “Truth is a pathless land,” spent his life living equally between Ojai, California; Saanen, Switzerland; and India. Originally a part of Mme. Annie Besant’s theosophists, he broke with organized religion and was counted as one of the 20th century’s great philosophers/spiritual teachers. His independent voice and clear original thought attracted a following of thinkers, artists, scientists, and leaders that included John Barrymore, Kahlil Gibran, Van Morrison, Aldous Huxley, Federico Fellini and Cecile B. De Mille. He counted Greta Garbo, Charles Lindbergh, Mary Zimbalist and the Dalai Lama among his friends. The FBI (which briefly held him in house arrest during the Second World War, calling him an “Undesirable Alien”) was among those alienated by his iconoclastic but very sensible ideas. The films, some of which have never been seen before, are thus a ringside seat to the history of art, philosophy and spirituality in the 20th century.
The Film Festival dates are May 22nd through May 24th, Memorial Day weekend. The Festival is a ticketed event (Day Pass: $35, Season Pass $75). Tickets are limited. Space is limited. Please reserve online or call (805) 646-2390. Accommodations at the Oak Grove Retreat may also be available.
Schedule
Friday, May 22nd
With A Silent Mind: Michael Mendizza/Evelyne Blau 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
J. Krishnamurti/Jonas Salk: Dialog 3:00 - 4:30 PM
BBC: Bernard Levin Interviews J. Krishnamurti 4:30 - 6:00 PM
G. Aravindan: The Seer Who Walks Alone 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Saturday, May 23rd
Iris Murdoch/J. Krishnamurti 10:00 - 11:30 AM
G. Aravindan: The Seer Who Walks Alone 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
George Lucas/Deepa Mehta “Young Indiana Jones” 3:00 - 4:30 PM
David Bohm/J. Krishnamurti 4:30 - 6:00 PM
J. Krishnamurti: The Challenge of Change 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Sunday, May 24th
David Bohm/J. Krishnamurti 10:00 - 11:30 AM
George Lucas “ Young Indiana Jones” 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Original Archival Footage 3:00 - 5:30 PM
Day Pass: $35, Season Pass $75
http://www.kfa.org/dialogue-details.php?id=34
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