Joan Holman
Founder & Executive Director
Spiritual Cinema Alliance
A 501(c)(3)Non-Profit Foundation
Mother Teresa: The Legacy
Mother Teresa's works of love and selfless service affirmed the greatness and dignity of every human person and transcended religion and politics.
Peter Pan
I love this movie! This new rendering of the Peter Pan story was pure magic and joy! I highly recommend it! Read Joan Holman commentary about this movie.
It's A Wonderful Life
Directed by legendary Frank Capra - one of the most inspiring spiritual films ever produced powerfully illustrating the value of a single human life and the importance of community. Capra said, "There are no rules in filmmaking, only sins. And the Cardinal sin is dullness." Spiritual exalting films do not have to be dull!
Lost Horizon
Another Frank Capra masterpiece-- showing the dream of Shangri-La, a Utopian society, and the love of "Twin Souls"
Somewhere in Time
Produced by Stephen Simon starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, a love story that transcends time
Nicholas Nickleby
An absolutely beautiful rendition of Charles Dickens classic novel. Produced in 2002, it features a spiritually and morally exalted hero whose love and decency overcomes opposing forces of hatred, greed, lust and treachery.
Ghost
Illustrates the continuity of the life of the soul
Maytime
Starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald with a beautiful story of the enduring love of "Twin Souls" that surpasses time and place
Fairytale
A look into the world of fairies and magic - produced by Wendy Finerman who also produced "Forrest Gump."
Life is Beautiful
Film critic Roger Ebert says: "Life Is Beautiful'' is not about Nazis and Fascists, but about the human spirit. It is about rescuing whatever is good and hopeful from the wreckage of dreams. About hope for the future. About the necessary human conviction, or delusion, that things will be better for our children than they are right now."
Star Wars
George Lucas's first Star Wars film is the classic story of the Hero's Journey, a spiritual journey we are called to take to reach our spiritual potential. "The Power of Myth" as taught by Joseph Campbell was foundational to Lucas's creation of this masterpiece that deals with universal themes and archetypes
My Life
starring Michael Keaton, a tremendous story of personal growth and transcendence
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Minneapolis, Minnesota - USA - Joan Holman, President of Joan Holman Productions and creator and producer of the award-winning PBS television program The Legacy of AchievementTM featuring the lives and lessons of great achievers, has established a nonprofit foundation dedicated to developing and promoting spiritually-focused films and media projects. (Please note that any requests for financial support for projects are not being accepted at this time).
Ms. Holman says:
"The entertainment industry profoundly influences the consciousness and behavior of audiences worldwide.
Darkness, gratuitous violence, pessimism, profanity and negativity has escalated at alarming rates in movies, television, video games and popular music.
Environmentalists discuss the physical pollution of the planet, but I am just as concerned about the cultural pollution of the planet.
If we want a better world, a more spiritually elevated world, then we need to produce appealing films and media programs that feature spiritually uplifting messages, images and music.
I founded the Spiritual Cinema Alliance to be a force in making this happen."
The Spiritual Cinema Alliance will seek support and funds for the development of movies and other media projects. It will work towards making spiritual movies a recognized and integral part of the entertainment industry. It will enlist cooperation from, and association with, individuals and organizations dedicated to supporting and promoting Spiritual Cinema.
Ms. Holman has participated in a "Mystical Movies"course with Hollywood movie executive and producer Stephen Simon, who has more than thirty films to his credit including Somewhere in Time, with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure with Keanu Reeves and What Dreams May Come with Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Simon is the author of the book, "The Force Is With You: Mystical Movie Messages That Inspire Our Lives," and a leading promoter and developer of Spiritual Cinema. He believes that the public is being underserved by not getting a steady diet of films that deliver spiritually meaningful content.
Simon says:
"I sense an enormous yearning for Spiritual Cinema. Metaphysically motivated movies, which really began with 'It's A Wonderful Life,' give people hope. They allow you to see yourself as something really extraordinary, and as a human being witnessing the potential of humanity. Everyone wants to see these kinds of films, yet the industry doesn't want to make them."
"The Spiritual Power of Movies"
"Art is the first and last hope of humanity. Performing artists observe life more deeply and they transform life to others through their art....People are not aware that what they believe is causing how they behave. Beliefs create behaviors. Good art causes us to change our opinions about who we are." Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God
Joan Holman Message to Filmmakers About Using Their Art to Create A Better World:
"Let's use film to create a future world of peace, beauty and truth. Let's take people to this world -- on the screen -- and implant these images into their consciousness.
Let us paint the beautiful pictures, play the beautiful music, and unleash the power of collective visualization to outpicture the world we all hope for. We know that we create what we imagine, what we visualize. And, wherever we put our attention is where our our creative energies flow.
By giving our life force to the creation and viewing of films that show darkness, despair, destruction, we are, in fact, creating that very future for ourselves and for this planet. That is the future through the eyes of people who embrace death, and not life.
The word 'image' represents the concept of 'i-magic,' or 'eye-magic.' When you have thousands, millions, hundreds of millions of people holding their attention on dark images of the future, that is what will be created for the future.
So, let's accept the challenge from Hollywood producer Stephen Simon. He says that people are ready for positive futuristic movies. He spoke about the mythical 'Lemurian dreamers,' people who would dream realities for other people. Let us be the dreamers who dream a reality of absolute magnificence, and who transform the face of the entertainment industry in America and the world.
Of course, we must still adhere to the structural patterns of great storytelling, and these movies must be, as Christopher Vogler says, (author of "The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers & Screenwriters') 'dramatic, entertaining, and psychologically true.' "
What Is A Spiritually Exalting Film?
It is a film that uplifts and inspires, that explores higher realities and the spiritual potential of individuals.
It is a film that exalts the worth of the individual and shows the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. It is a film that differentiates between light and darkness and affirms light as the essential nature of all things spiritual.
It is a film that leads people, through images, music and messages, to create inner and outer worlds of beauty, truth, love, harmony and happiness.
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"Joan Holman is a well-spring of spiritual wisdom. And she cares and gives. A true light in this world."
Patrick Combs, best-selling author of Major in Success, inspirational speaker & performing artist
www.goodthink.com
"Joan Holman has a relentless focus to produce something positive to lift
the human spirit.
I can't say enough to describe the GREATNESS of
Joan Holman other than she is in simple terms a GREAT HUMAN BEING and for
that she will always have my friendship and support."
Dean L. Mitchell
acclaimed artist
The Spiritual Cinema Alliance serves under the umbrella of the National Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., which has been helping individuals, corporations and communities express themselves in the charitable, educational, scientific and religious sector since 1968. The National Heritage Foundation has 7,000 foundations under its umbrella.
Your support is needed. To make your tax-deductible contribution or for more information, contact Joan Holman at 952-595-8888. Any gift, large or small, will be greatly appreciated. Your ideas and input are also welcomed.
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