I AM The Documentary-Meet Luminary, Coleman Barks & Writer, Director Tom Shadyac recently on OPRAH!

Aug. 29, 2011 - PRLog -- Stop, Breathe and Smile is pleased to present an inspiring evening of community, a free showing of the documentary I AM on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 7:30pm at Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 174 East Flagler Street, Miami, Florida. Immediately after the showing, there will be a Q and A session with luminary, Coleman Barks (also in the film) and Tom Shadyac, the film's Writer and Director recently seen on Oprah!

I AM is a prismatic, probing, and utterly engaging non-fiction film that poses two provocative questions: what's wrong with our world and what we can do to make it better? The filmmaker asking these questions is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood's leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as "Ace Ventura," "Liar Liar," "The Nutty Professor," and "Bruce Almighty." However in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount the story what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged a changed man with a new sense of purpose and a new focus. He was determined to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the world we live in and the way we live.

Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a camera crew to film his adventures, Shadyac set out on a twenty-first century quest for enlightenment. Meeting with a variety of thinkers and doers--remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, and faith--including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch -- Shadyac appears on-screen as character, commentator, guide, and even, at times, guinea pig, "Everyman" who asks many tough questions, but offers no easy answers, he takes the audience to places it has never been before, and presents even familiar phenomena in completely new and different ways. The result is a fresh, energetic, and life-affirming film that challenges our preconceptions about human behavior at the same time that it celebrates man's innate ability to be better.

The Colebank Barks Weekend in Miami culminates with 100 Thousand Poets for Change . the largest poetry reading in history!  Stop, Breathe and Smile presents The Rumi Concert, which will take place on Saturday, September 24 from 7:30 - 10:00 PM at Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 174 East Flagler Street, Miami, Florida. Ticket prices for the concert range from $25 - $45 in advance (add $10 day of event). These events are open to the public and tickets may be purchased at the Gusman Box Office; 305.372.0925 and www.stopbreatheandsmile.org

About Stop, Breathe and Smile
The world around us is in a state of turmoil. With many looking for relief from the constant onslaught of stress-induced living. Stop, Breathe and Smile strives to provide some refuge from this perceived assault. They create and produce diverse conscious events that express Truth, Beauty and Oneness through a growing number of "Inner-tainers" arriving on the scene to help redirect attention from the outer chaos toward inner peace. The winds of time are shifting. As we prepare our foundation on solid ground, the future will be ours to decide.
They attend to those that have reached a time in their lives when "status quo" doesn't work anymore. Where "chasing the carrot" no longer satisfies their thirst for living. Those that can no longer ignore the inner emptiness when, by outer appearances, their lives are "full".

By creating diverse conscious events based on Truth, Beauty and Oneness, Stop, Breathe and Smile is able to create that sanctuary where the seeker's soul is allowed to soar free to find and experience their life's passion.

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