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Article: An inspiring look at the spiritual-activism movement.(Movie Times)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
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- September 11, 2009
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Byline: Jeff Shannon; Special to The Seattle Times
It's been exactly eight years since the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center, and 9/11 seems like a perfect date for Northwest Film Forum to host an all-weekend appearance by documentary filmmaker Velcrow Ripper and his inspiring film, "Fierce Light," which chronicles the increasingly global movement of spiritual activism.
In many respects, the film represents a culmination of response to 9/11 and its earthshaking aftermath -- a global embrace of nonviolent protest and united humanity (proposed by Mahatma Gandhi and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., among others) as a response to rampant ...