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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
PBS Documentary Puts Love on the Public Agenda
Two-Hour Special — December 13 on PBS
Anna Deavere Smith to Host
November 9, 2006 — In popular culture, one type of love — sexual romance — is prized above all. But there are many kinds of love that give shape and meaning to life, passionate connections that define what we value and who we are.
The Mystery of Love is a two-hour PBS documentary that puts love on the public agenda. It will air on PBS stations on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET. Please check local listings.
Hosted by author, playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith, the special is produced by the team that brought Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth to PBS. Bill Moyers calls The Mystery of Love "as deep, tender, and ineffable as the subject itself, and as eye-opening, exhilarating, and beguiling as the first moment it happens to you.”
The Mystery of Love examines the many faces of love through in-depth, personal stories of marriage, family, friendship, divine love, altruistic love, brotherly love, the love between parents and children, and love of community.
The program also includes insights and commentary from leading authorities who have worked with the subject of love, including Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.; Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D.; Ethel Person, M.D.; Rabbi Alan Lew, and Frances Vaughan, Ph.D.
In a unique segment, The Mystery of Love explores love’s darker sides with Dr. James Hillman, world famous Jungian psychologist and author of A Terrible Love of War. Hillman discusses the feelings of community and brotherhood soldiers find on the battlefield. Of war, Hillman says, “The ecstasy can be the highest moment ever experienced, as many battle veterans say. That would make it in common with other kinds of passionate love: sexual love; divine love; mystical love. You become crazy, in a way, just as you do in a passionate affair. You break the rules; you break the bounds; you’re outside of yourself; you find a whole new personality in yourself. Maybe that’s a shadow of love.”
“Today we are inundated with negative, destructive, even violent news. I wanted The Mystery of Love to explore thoughtfully and from many angles those aspects of life which connect us to one another, rather than separate us,” says Executive Producer Joan Konner. “As a journalist, it seemed to me that the most important element of life — love, in its many manifestations — should be openly examined and addressed in the public square.”
KLRU-Austin is the presenting station. To bring the program and dialogue to communities and classrooms across the country, the Independent Production Fund is working with Active Voice and the National Council of Teachers of English on The Mystery of Love Community Engagement Project. Details, plus individual stories from the special and from viewers, are on the web site — www.themysteryoflove.org — developed by Interactive Knowledge.
Major funding for The Mystery of Love has been provided by the Fetzer Institute and marks the start of the nationwide outreach effort called the Campaign for Love & Forgiveness: Transforming Individuals and Communities. Additional funding has been provided by Southwest Airlines and the Betsy Gordon Foundation.
The Mystery of Love is written by Joan Konner and Christopher Lukas, who also served as Senior Producer. Executive Producer is Joan Konner. Alvin H. Perlmutter is Executive Director. The Mystery of Love is a production of the Independent Production Fund.
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Media Advisory: Executive Producer and writer Joan Konner and some of the program’s experts and participants are available for interviews.
Contacts: Baran Communications
Josh Baran – 212-779-2666, jcbaran@aol.com
Scott Tillitt – 917-449-6356, scott@antidotecollective.org
Website: www.themysteryoflove.org – for trailer and media materials.
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Anna Deavere Smith to Host
November 9, 2006 — In popular culture, one type of love — sexual romance — is prized above all. But there are many kinds of love that give shape and meaning to life, passionate connections that define what we value and who we are.
The Mystery of Love is a two-hour PBS documentary that puts love on the public agenda. It will air on PBS stations on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET. Please check local listings.
Hosted by author, playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith, the special is produced by the team that brought Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth to PBS. Bill Moyers calls The Mystery of Love "as deep, tender, and ineffable as the subject itself, and as eye-opening, exhilarating, and beguiling as the first moment it happens to you.”
The Mystery of Love examines the many faces of love through in-depth, personal stories of marriage, family, friendship, divine love, altruistic love, brotherly love, the love between parents and children, and love of community.
The program also includes insights and commentary from leading authorities who have worked with the subject of love, including Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.; Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D.; Ethel Person, M.D.; Rabbi Alan Lew, and Frances Vaughan, Ph.D.
In a unique segment, The Mystery of Love explores love’s darker sides with Dr. James Hillman, world famous Jungian psychologist and author of A Terrible Love of War. Hillman discusses the feelings of community and brotherhood soldiers find on the battlefield. Of war, Hillman says, “The ecstasy can be the highest moment ever experienced, as many battle veterans say. That would make it in common with other kinds of passionate love: sexual love; divine love; mystical love. You become crazy, in a way, just as you do in a passionate affair. You break the rules; you break the bounds; you’re outside of yourself; you find a whole new personality in yourself. Maybe that’s a shadow of love.”
“Today we are inundated with negative, destructive, even violent news. I wanted The Mystery of Love to explore thoughtfully and from many angles those aspects of life which connect us to one another, rather than separate us,” says Executive Producer Joan Konner. “As a journalist, it seemed to me that the most important element of life — love, in its many manifestations — should be openly examined and addressed in the public square.”
KLRU-Austin is the presenting station. To bring the program and dialogue to communities and classrooms across the country, the Independent Production Fund is working with Active Voice and the National Council of Teachers of English on The Mystery of Love Community Engagement Project. Details, plus individual stories from the special and from viewers, are on the web site — www.themysteryoflove.org — developed by Interactive Knowledge.
Major funding for The Mystery of Love has been provided by the Fetzer Institute and marks the start of the nationwide outreach effort called the Campaign for Love & Forgiveness: Transforming Individuals and Communities. Additional funding has been provided by Southwest Airlines and the Betsy Gordon Foundation.
The Mystery of Love is written by Joan Konner and Christopher Lukas, who also served as Senior Producer. Executive Producer is Joan Konner. Alvin H. Perlmutter is Executive Director. The Mystery of Love is a production of the Independent Production Fund.
*****
Media Advisory: Executive Producer and writer Joan Konner and some of the program’s experts and participants are available for interviews.
Contacts: Baran Communications
Josh Baran – 212-779-2666, jcbaran@aol.com
Scott Tillitt – 917-449-6356, scott@antidotecollective.org
Website: www.themysteryoflove.org – for trailer and media materials.
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The organizations and/or individuals who submit materials for distribution by Religion Press Release Services are solely responsible for the facts in and accuracy of their materials. Religion Press Release Services will correct any errors brought to its attention.
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