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OUR MOST RECENT PROJECTS

Our 90 Min. Test Screening in Berlin, Germany got a standing ovation!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH MOVIE AT WENEEDTOGONG.COM

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RELEASED NEW COURSE IN FUNKINESS AND AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY ON MARCH 9, 2023

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RELEASED NEW COURSE IN JAZZ IMPROVISATION ON JANUARY 13, 2023

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MAY 26, 2021: OUR 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

WE HAVE PRODUCED 5 FILM PROJECTS IN 5 YEARS.
Watch excerpts from each film below.

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OUR LATEST DRUM HEALING PROJECT

There is groundbreaking research about THETA BRAINWAVE RHYTHMS being produced by drumming at 5 beat per second. This is the same rhythm that indigenous medicine men and women have been using for thousands of years. By combining the 5 beat oer second drumming rhythm of Native American musician, Kenneth Little Hawk, with video footage of Nature, the Ocean, and the Forest, we have produced three 22 minute movies for healing and wellness. This is our newest film project that we call MEDICINE DRUMMING: The Healing Nature of the Drum. The three films had their online debut on April 10, 2021 at DrumMedicine.com. We are in the process of connecting with doctors, hospitals and wellness centers around the world to share these medicine drumming films with their patients. The films are also an excellent way to meditate with Nature from your phone, computer, or tablet.

To learn more, please visit DrumMedicine.com.

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THE FIRST VERSION
(Produced during the Pandemic)

During the summer of 2020, award-winning director, John Pritchard, interviewed 30 drum circle facilitators, leaders, educators, and drummers for WE ALL JUST NEED TO DRUM!. WE ALL JUST NEED TO DRUM! is all about encouraging the entire world to use drumming as a healing tool to increase joy, reduce stress, and connect more deeply with one another. The film had a special preview on Thanksgiving Day 2020 and made its online debut to thousands of new fans on December 3rd at WeNeedToDrum.com.

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WE INVITE YOU TO WATCH OUR AWARD-WINNING MOVIES BELOW FOR FREE!

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AWAKENED NATION INTERVIEWS JOHN PRITCHARD ABOUT "RESPECT FOR ALL"

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (PSA) RELEASED ON APRIL 28, 2020

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OUR THIRD FILM PROJECT

In 2019, award-winning director, John Pritchard, interviewed Community Builder/Drum Circle Facilitator, Otha Day, along with an organic farmer, student activist, master drummer/artist, and Native American Storyteller for our newest film, RESPECT FOR ALL: How To Care For Each Other And Our Earth. RESPECT FOR ALL is a ground-breaking movie that celebrates respect for all of humanity and the natural world. The film's release at Lincoln Center was postponed until August 2024 due to the COVID pandemic. Learn more at respectallmovie.com.

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OUR SECOND FEATURE FILM

In July of 2018, award-winning director, John Pritchard, traveled to Puerto Rico and filmed over 50 interviews with renowned leaders in government, business, education, and community service, as well as artists, musicians, restaurant owners, and other entrepreneurs. ¡OJALÁ! - Puerto Rico Rebuilds is a bilingual documentary film about the wishes, hopes and dreams of the Puerto Rican people after hurricane Maria. Sparked by the destruction throughout the island, we learn about the strong and resilient nature of the Puerto Rican people. Overcoming many challenges, they have come together and are rebuilding their lives to not simply survive, but thrive. ¡OJALÁ! is not about politics, it is about the Puerto Rican spirit.

¡OJALÁ! - Puerto Rico Rebuilds launched on Nov. 19th, Discovery of Puerto Rico Day, and is available ON-DEMAND at vimeo.com/ondemand/ojalamovie.

Visit the official ¡OJALÁ! website at ojalamovie.com

MOVIE TESTIMONIALS

"I'm a Desert Storm Vet. I was in Puerto Rico during Maria and lived through hell for 6 months without electricity, but as a Vet with 25 years of Service, I adapted. If there's something that I learned during this period was that we as a People must be prepared and try our best to help our families and neighbors because we CANNOT depend on the Government. Great Documentary.”
- Robert Maza, Desert Storm Veteran

"The cinematography was excellent. The extreme devastation from the hurricane was clearly palpable. Demonstration of our people’s response to meeting immediate needs for survival – neighbor-to-neighbor, community-to-community – was a thing of beauty… thank you for your sincere concern and interest in bringing this story to light."
- Carmen Vivian Rivera, Coordinator at ¡Despierta Boricua! Recovering History Project

"Excellent, very well documented, I am a Puerto Rican living in the USA since 1976. I have missed the warmth and loving people of Puerto Rico. I really loved the pictures at the end and it showed how well educated we are. Viva Puerto Rico!"
- Ivette Babuca de Jesus, Tucson, AZ

"Great film John! Thanks for not making it a bleeding heart film (that we need the USA), but a film with puñeta (a punch)… we have hundreds of years of torture and slavery and our drums still summon our resolve to move forward into a new light."
- Angel Franco, NY Times Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer

"John, this was brilliant. Thank you so much for sending me the link. I watched it twice! Such a huge project, and so beautifully done. My heart went out to everyone in the film. So ashamed of my government for not responding with intelligence and compassion. So impressed by the community support that emerged across the island. Congratulations on covering it all with such a forward-looking message of hope."
- Mary Potter, World Languages Teacher, Dana Hall

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE GUIDEBOOK
TO THE PUERTO RICAN SPIRIT

To help promote the movie, we designed a 30 page ¡OJALÁ! GUIDEBOOK which features 7 video clips from the film. It is available for free at Apple Books.

The Guidebook is also available as a free PDF Download at ojalamovie.com/pdf

The movie had its Premiere in NYC at the
International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival on NOVEMBER 16th.

INTERVIEW BY THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE - DEC. 21, 2018

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Our First Feature Film:
ONE HEART - ONE SPIRIT

The One Heart-One Spirit Project celebrates and promotes respect and equality for all human beings and the Earth. The One Heart-One Spirit movie was our first feature film and we won Best Indigenous Documentary at the 2017 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival in Australia. It is now time for the world to come together in harmony and learn from our indigenous brothers and sisters who have survived for so many thousands of years.

"Many of us have forgotten about being humane, and that's what ONE HEART - ONE SPIRIT is working at to bring the humanity back to each and every one of our behaviors, here and all around the world."
—Kenneth Little Hawk

MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Filmed at the three day Aboriginal Garma Festival in the northern territory of Australia, ONE HEART-ONE SPIRIT introduces us to Native American Mi'kmaq/Mohawk performing artist Kenneth Little Hawk who travels half-way around the world to Australia where he meets legendary movie star, Jack Thompson. In North East Arnhem Land, Jack introduces Little Hawk to the oldest surviving culture on the planet: the 40,000 year old Aboriginal people of the Yolngu nation. At the annual Garma Festival, the Yolngu people greet Little Hawk with open arms as if he were a family member. He plays his flute and shares his Native American stories with everyone he meets: Djalu, the Didgeridoo master; Djiniyini, the wise Yolngu elder; Dr. Yunupingu, Garma co-founder, Australian of the Year and Yothu Yindi lead singer; Ms. Yunupingu, the artist and healer; Timmy, the tour guide; the Grandmothers; the Australian Ambassador to the United States, Kim Beazley; and Galarrwuy, Garma co-founder and Australian of the Year who is officially recognized as an Australian National Treasure.

While materialism and environmental devastation rule the day, we can no longer afford to treat ourselves as the center of the Universe. It is now time for non-indigenous people to learn from our indigenous brothers and sisters and become more spiritually connected to one another and the Earth. We must be kind to all and respect all life! We are part of a wonderful world and need to help one another and act together as a family. It is this very act of loving service to others that lies at the heart of indigenous wisdom. Being generous of spirit has many benefits, from creating better relationships to making the world a more harmonious, peaceful place: Be humane. We are all connected. We are one Human Family.

Can we create a kinder world and really come together in harmony as one human family? Can we be more humane? Absolutely! As long as we can curb our egos and follow the wisdom of indigenous people, humanity will prevail.

Directed by John Pritchard, produced by Little Hawk Productions, Eternal Ways, and Executive Producer, Greg Reeves. Available in running times of 36 and 60 minutes, 2016, USA/Australia, documentary in English.

MOVIE TESTIMONIALS

"The One Heart movie provides historical insight into one of the world’s oldest surviving cultures in northern Australia while simultaneously speaking to the very important issue of human diversity and caring for the environment. It’s great to hear this movie will be reaching college students all over the world.”
- Magnus Bernhardsson, Williams College Professor of History and Global Studies

"Everyone should see this movie; it does important work. One Heart, One Spirit invites the viewer to join Kenneth Little Hawk, North American Indigenous Storyteller and Musician as he journeys half way around the world to meet with the 40,000-year-old Yolngu tribe. Its’ truths may appear simple--respect all living beings; be less materialistic; act with compassion, consideration and kindness—but those who listen fully, with an engaged heart and mind, will be richly rewarded. With the Yolngu people speaking the way, The One Heart, One Spirit movie allows a glimpse of a future full of hope and love. More importantly, it offers insight and instruction in a way of life that can lead there."
- Emily Zukerberg, J.D., Advocate for Environmental Justice and Economic Equity

"There is a shift taking place on planet earth. Whether it is business, academia or government, the next generation wants something new....something human. They can feel it deep within. One Heart - One Spirit shares this awakening by going back to the oldest living indigenous people on the planet; the Aboriginal people of the Yolngu Nation. Be prepared for the beauty and majesty of this documentary as it awakens your heart...as it did mine."
- Brad Szollose, Global Business Adviser and Best-Selling Author of Liquid Leadership

"ONE HEART-ONE SPIRIT shows us the need to discover the threads and emotions that bind different cultures together, the harmony we need to ward off an apocalyptic future. Underneath the unnatural boundaries societies have created to mark their ways, their means, their lands, lies nations peopled by individuals who should seek the togetherness understood by the first nations. One Heart explores these themes by documenting the journey of Little Hawk, a Native North American, to the renowned Garma festival, Australia’s most significant Indigenous event, and a model for self-determination, reconciliation, Indigenous knowledge sharing, transfer and exchange."
- David Greenberg, Director of Marketing, Music Works International

The GOAL of our GUIDEBOOK is to inspire us all to be more humane and take better care of each other and take better care of the Earth. This is the essence of indigenous wisdom around the world. We are all connected. We are all related. We are one human family.

After reading the GUIDEBOOK & watching the 13 ONE HEART Movie video clips, we hope you will embrace the following principles presented in the ONE HEART-ONE SPIRIT movie:

• Respect All People & the Earth
• Become Less Materialistic
• Think Seven Generations Ahead
• Be More Compassionate
• Be Humble and Do Not Humiliate
• Give Love and Practice Forgiveness
• Be Patient
• Meditate and Connect with Nature
• Be Kind and Do No Evil
• Give Many Gifts

In other words: Always try to be kind! Every act of kindness counts, no matter how great or small! Let's all be more humane and come together, as one human family, and help create a kinder world!