Mythic Journeys
Mythic Journeys is a performance festival and conference gathering held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 2004, it began as a celebration of the works of Joseph Campbell and has expanded into a celebration of the role of myth and storytelling in the modern world.
Organized by the Mythic Imagination Institute, the conference attracts such guests as Deepak Chopra, James Hillman, Robert Bly, Janis Ian, John and Caitlin Matthews, Wendy and Brian Froud, Joyce Carol Oates, Terri Windling, Ulla Suokko,{{cite web |url=http://www.ullasuokko.com/articles.htm |title=Watering the Jasmines |date=2000-07-23 |access-date=2009-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114093322/http://www.ullasuokko.com/articles.htm |archive-date=2009-11-14 |url-status=dead }} and many other participants from such fields as psychology, religion, science, literature, education, entertainment, and the arts.{{cite web |url=http://www.mytholog.com/reviews/mann_mythicjourneys.html |title=Mythic Journeys '06: Magic In Atlanta |date= 2000-07-18 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jun04/mythicjourneys.htm |title=Sci-Fi Dimensions Conference Report |date=2000-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040622021942/http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jun04/mythicjourneys.htm |archivedate=2004-06-22 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nethercraft.com/the_atlanta_journal-constitution_2004.html |title=A Modern-Day Journey |date= 2000-07-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717160031/http://www.nethercraft.com/the_atlanta_journal-constitution_2004.html |archivedate=July 17, 2007 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2004/06/07/24733-ringer-review-of-mythic-journeys/ |title=Ringer Review of Mythic Journeys |date= 2000-07-23 |format= }}
''Mythic Journeys'' documentary
Released in 2009, the documentary film Mythic Journeys was written and directed by Stephen and Whitney Boe. With footage taken from the 2006 Mythic Journeys festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.imaginalcellsinc.com/mythicjourneystrailer.htm |title=Mythic Journeys |publisher=Imaginal Cells Filmworks |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125005110/http://www.imaginalcellsinc.com/mythicjourneystrailer.htm |archivedate=2011-11-25 }} the movie includes animation and short film segments about the role of mythology and mysticism in modern society and storytelling, featuring interviews with Stephen Aizenstat, Ari Berk, Michael Beckwith, Tom Blue Wolf, Jean Shinoda Bolen, José Andres Botran, Duncan Campbell, Deepak Chopra, Honora Foah, Maren Tonder Hansen, Michael Karlin, Lynne Kaufman, Tricia Klink, Ellen Kushner, Michael Meade, Michelle Nunn, George Rosch, Delia Sherman, Sobonfu Somé, and Robert Walter. Documentary footage is placed within a frame story of Vikram and Betal for which Brian and Wendy Froud created the puppets{{cite web |url=http://www.worldoffroud.com/films/mythicjourneys.php |title=Mythic Journeys |publisher=World of Froud}} and actors Tim Curry, Mark Hamill and Lance Henriksen provided the voices.
References
External links
- [http://mythicimagination.org Mythic Imagination organization website]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091213004545/http://mythmovie.net/ Mythic Journeys (2009) movie website]}}
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Category:Documentary films about spirituality
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