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Greg Reitman
ROOTED in PEACE challenges viewers to examine their values as Americans and human beings. Today we are at war within ourselves, with our environment, and with the world. Director and award-winning filmmaker Greg Reitman invites viewers on a film journey to take notice of the world we live in, proactively seek ways to find personal and ecological peace, and stop the cycle of violence. The film relies not only on memoir, but also interviews with such luminaries and activists as Deepak Chopra, music legends Donovan, Mike Love, and Pete Seeger, film director David Lynch, Noble Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, media mogul Ted Turner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and many others. Reitman learns from all of them, and heeds Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s words, that if the forest is to be green, every tree must be green; if there’s going to be Peace on earth, then everybody needs to experience that quality of Peace within themselves. And so in asking viewers to do the same, Reitman poses the basic question: How do we want to live? Reitman’s journey is an example of transformation — how one person can learn to make the necessary changes to enjoy a better life — and in so doing inspire others to want to improve their own lives, and society as a whole. Festivals Worldwide Requests please Contact: Stephanie Swengel  Rooted in Peace - Cast & Crew Credits
STARRING DEEPAK CHOPRA DONOVAN MIKE LOVE DAVID LYNCH NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE GREG REITMAN PETE SEEGER TED TURNER ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU
MAIN PRODUCTION CREDIT LIST A FILM BY GREG REITMAN WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY GREG REITMAN PRODUCED BY BRITTA REITMAN GREG REITMAN, JONATHAN MCHUGH EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY CHRISTOPHER LINDSTROM RON SCHLOSSER CO-PRODUCED BY MICHAEL PERRICONE ALAN PAO CHIP COMINS SALLEY RANNEY DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DANE LAWING MUSIC SUPERVISION BY BRITTA REITMAN JONATHAN MCHUGH GREG REITMAN MUSIC COMPOSED BY ANDREW RAIHER DANIEL ROJAS EDITED BY SEBESTAIN VIGNIERI GAIL YASUNAGA
CAST LIST KATHY ABUSOW, CEO, SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITATIVE MARC BARASH , FOUNDER, GREEN WORLD CAMPAIGN LESTER BROWN, FOUNDER, EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE JOE CIRCIONNE, PRESIDENT OF PLOUGHSHARES FUND GABRIEL CONLEY, NEPHEW JIM CONLEY, BROTHER-IN-LAW FABIEN COUSTEAU, FOUNDER PLANT A FISH LAMA SURYA DAS, TIBETAN BUDDHIST MARLYN DIAZ, NUTRITIONIST JODIE EVANS, FOUNDER, CODE PINK PRESIDENT JOSE MARIE FIGUERE, FORMER PRESIDENT, COSTA RICA MATHEW FOX, AUTHOR, THEOLOGIAN DEBORAH GARCIA. ACTIVIST, FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIC MOVEMENT JACK GILROY, PEACE ACTIVIST ANANDA GIRI, TEACHER, ONE WORLD ACADEMY AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT PAUL HAWKEN, ENVIRONMENTALIST DR. MARK HYMAN, FOUNDER, ULTRAWELLNESS CENTER DR. ALEJANDRO JUNGER, AUTHOR, CLEAN DIET CHRIS KILHAM, MEDICINE HUNTER K’NAAN, SINGER, SONGWRITER AVON MATTISON, FOUNDER, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE DR. ROLLIN MCCRATTY, FOUNDER, HEART MATH INSTITUTE WILLIAM MCDONOUGH, FOUNDER, CRADLE TO CRADLE JEAN OLEWANG, CEO, VIRGIN UNITE FOUNDATION BRITTA REITMAN, GIRL FRIEND DR. GINA ROSS, FOUNDER, TRAUMA HEALING INSTITUTE DR. MEHMET OZ, HOST, DR. OZ SHOW BOB ROTH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION DR. DEBORAH ROZMAN, CO-FOUNDER, HEART MATH INSTITUTE JIGAR SHAH, FORMER CEO, CARBON WAR ROOM CASEY SHEAHAN, FORMER CEO, PATAGONIA DR. DAN SIEGEL, FOUNDER, MINDSIGHT INSTITUTE ROMIO THRESTHA, TIBETAN ARTIST DR. FRED TRAVIS, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR BRAIN, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND COGNITION AT MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT 01.02.2015 | Greg Reitman's blog Cat. : 911 Archbishop Desmond Tutu balance. Batman Carbon War Room climate change comics consciousness david lynch diet Donovan Fair Trade Forests Ghandi GMO health Heart Consciousness india love Maharishi Meditation MIKE LOVE Mindfulness Non-GMO nuclear war Organic Food peace Pete Seeger Rainforests Self Realization Smoothies Spirituality Super Foods The Beatles Transcendental Meditation TRANSFORMATION trees united nations video games war WORLD PEACE yoga Independent
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GREG REITMAN DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
As a teenager, I lived in the first gulf war in Israel and that one experience changed my life. When I returned to college, I was unaware of the affects of PTSD. Later that year, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Hokkaido University and during that time visited the Hiroshima Peace memorial. It was at that moment, where I suddenly realized the impact of war and the destructive power of war. Completely in denial, when I returned home to Amherst, I woke in tears wanting to heal the world. I created the Giving Tree: ROOTED in PEACE.
Film is an instrument of change. By allowing the viewer to share my personal story, the experience becomes as profound as the journey itself. In our new awareness film, ROOTED in PEACE, goes beyond the normal boundaries of filmmaking and uses the personal story as a vehicle for change combined with a collective of peace, environmental and heath activists to raise awareness of the issue of our interconnectedness to the planet and the stakes that lie ahead.
With this project, I want to tackle the most important problem the world has ever faced, that war serves no purpose, whether personal, environmental or political. As Ghandi states, “You must be the change you see in the world“ As a collective species we need to understand that change begins within oneself. By combining a personal and compelling film and a groundbreaking activation campaign, we want to create a social movement for change.