Exploring Consciousness Films and Premières
| Death - The Ultimate
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‘When we have passed the tests we were sent to Earth to learn, we are allowed to graduate. We shed our body, which imprisons our soul the way a cocoon encloses the future butterfly.’ - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross |
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| Simon's Town Museum Wednesday, 4 August |
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| Facing Death: the Life of
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (98 minutes; 2007) Evening show: 6.30pm
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| This intimate film was made when
Kübler-Ross awaited her own death - on the verge of the transition she
researched so passionately. Conversations with Elisabeth in Arizona
form the core of the film. She looks back on her life, describes her
childhood and her work, and explains how she herself faces aging and
impending death. Interviews with her sisters, friends, and colleagues,
as well as extensive archival material provide a comprehensive look
into the life and work of this extraordinary woman. Her story is a remarkable one. Born in Zurich in 1926 as a 2-pound triplet, she studied medicine in defiance of her parents' wishes and struggled for recognition as a psychiatrist in the United States. In 1969 she achieved international fame through her work with terminally ill patients in Chicago and her book 'On Death and Dying'. This initial success was followed by countless workshops and lecture tours around the world and the establishment of a healing center in Virginia, which was destroyed by arsonists in 1994. Since that time, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross suffered a series of strokes and lived secluded in the desert outside Phoenix, Arizona. |
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| Tuesdays with Morrie
(89 minutes; 2003) Morning show: 11am Ticket: Morning R20. |
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Based on a true-life story, Tuesdays with Morrie is a loving memoir to a man whose lessons on life have much to teach us about ourselves. Academy Award-winner Jack Lemmon delivers an outstanding performance as Morrie Schwartz, the Brandeis University professor upon whom the best-selling book is based. Hank Azaria plays Mitch, an accomplished journalist so driven by his job, he has little time or energy left for anything else. One night, Mitch happens to catch Morrie's appearance on a news program and learns his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig's disease. Mitch contacts Morrie, and what starts as a visit turns into a pilgrimage as Mitch opens his heart to the lessons Morrie has to teach him. Sure to inspire. ‘Death ends life, but not a relationship.’ |
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Wine Courtesy of Applesdrift Farm - Home of Biodynamic Vegetables  |
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Exploring Consciousness regularly screens new films on the last Sunday of every month, as well as other bonuses, at the Labia on Orange in Cape Town.
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