Indigenous Earth Wisdom and Shamanic Healing

Indigenous Earth Wisdom and Shamanic Healing

By Tench Phillips   Once upon a time–not that long ago–we were all indigenous peoples who lived intimately with nature on what was essentially a very different planet than the one we inhabit today. There were countless numbers of land and sea animals and a vast...
FILM: The Food Industry Is Making Us Sick

FILM: The Food Industry Is Making Us Sick

By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I have been advised by my wife against tackling the topic of this month’s column–she feels that I’m not qualified to write about the relationship between food and health. You see, I’m not a cook and I would rather watch Michael Pollan’s...
The Best Non-Fiction Films of 2015

The Best Non-Fiction Films of 2015

By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema   The total number of documentaries that passed the criteria for submission to the M.P.A.A. for Oscar consideration this year was 124 titles. A number way too large for any one person to view. It has been whittled down by Academy...
System Change, Not Climate Change

System Change, Not Climate Change

By Tench Phillips   Who we are as Americans has been formed by stories told and retold from the pulpit, in the classroom, and by the media. We have come to share many of the same unquestioned beliefs – that science and technology will solve everything, that we...