entertainment that both enlightens and allows them to feel better about them- selves and the world.


Which filmmakers are producing films that are right for your audience?


A filmmaker produces a spiritual movie because it’s in his heart and it comes from his soul. We have a number of filmmakers we’ve nurtured whom I think are wonderful. For example, we’ve dis- tributed five films from Santa Fe-based Scott Cervine and four films from Geno Andrews, headquartered in Los Angeles.


What are your overriding goals and hopes for Spiri- tual Cinema Circle?


When Spiritual Cinema Circle films help our community of viewers feel better about being human, that makes me happy. There is enough media that


look at the dark, ugly, negative, violent, greedy sides of humanity, and there is no question that these dark elements seem to be part of human nature. But there’s little light shown on the beautiful side of our nature—the side that con- sciously evolves, forgives and loves. Spiritual films allow us to look at


our humanity when we operate at our best. This is what we look for when qualifying films for the Spiritual Cin- ema Circle. The films we choose are dramatic and the characters experience difficult challenges, but at the end of the day, there is always transcendence, a powerful transformation and a pathway through whatever the darkness may be. Our hope is that viewers are pleased with our movies and feel better at the end of the film than they did at the start.


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Ellen Mahoney teaches writing at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Email evm@infionline.net.


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