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PATRICK SHEN – FILMMAKER/FOUNDER OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDIA
See Patrick Shen’s Film Courage video interviews about IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE here.
Since the launch of the Kickstarter campaign, award-winning filmmaker Patrick Shen has been doing interviews, sharing exclusive footage and stories with Kickstarter backers, and engaging daily with those interested in how his film will address the concerns of modern day life. From an interview with author Carl McColman on Patheos, Patrick shared:
“Modern life is a juggernaut and we feel we must arm ourselves each day in order to thrive amidst all of it. Silence strips away all that nonsense and teaches us how to be ourselves, without the cultural armor. Like any relationship we fail to cultivate, our sense of identity and authenticity can corrode just as easily if we are not intentional about spending time with ourselves.”
In Pursuit of Silence intends to explore the following:
•Silence as perceived by different cultures
•The Dimensions of silence and how we perceive it
•The benefits of silence from a psychological, neurological, spiritual perspective
•The basic science of sound, how we perceive it, how it influences us
•Noise pollution and its negative effects on health, cognitive development, autism, our general perception of the world around us
•Solutions to noise pollution (i.e. city planning, product design, architecture)
•Hearing loss and other diseases related to hearing and sound
BIO:
PATRICK SHEN – Director / Producer / Cinematographer
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Patrick is the founder of Transcendental Media, a Pasadena-based production company whose goal is to make films to “agitate the sleep of mankind.” He made his directorial debut in 2005 with the award-winning Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality which was hailed by critics as being “one of the most ambitious films ever made” (PBS 106.7 Australia) and “moving and thought-provoking” (NBC). In 2009 he released The Philosopher Kings, a film about the wisdom found among janitors at major universities in the U.S., which premiered to sold-out audiences at the AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival and went on to open theatrically in L.A. and N.Y. and premiere on The Documentary Channel. His third documentary La Source, narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle, tells the story of a small rural village and their fight for clean water in post-earthquake Haiti. La Source opened theatrically to sold-out audiences in LA and New York in August 2012 as a part of the International Documentary Association’s Oscar-qualifying showcase, Docuweeks.
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Check out more great content on Film Courage
from Patrick Shen:
Patrick’s Film Courage article MAKING YOUR FILM MATTER: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ACTION CAMPAIGNS
Outside-The-Film Courage-Studio (video) interview with Patrick Shen and Brandon Vedder
