Plot & Details
Rooted in deeply personal accounts and timeless stories, 'Finding Joe' shows how Campbell's work is relevant and essential in today's world and how it provides a narrative for how to live a fully realized life--or as Campbell would simply state, how to "follow your bliss".
The film features interviews with visionaries from a variety of fields including Deepak Chopra, Mick Fleetwood, Tony Hawk, Rashida Jones, Laird Hamilton, Robert Walter, Robin Sharma, Catherine Hardwicke, Sir Ken Robinson, Akiva Goldsman and many more.
While studying myths, and writing on the human experience, Joseph Campbell was a professor at Sarah Lawrence College for 38 years. His seminal work, "A Hero with a Thousand Faces" was published in 1949 and greatly influenced generations of artists and writers, including Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Jerry Garcia and others.
The film features interviews with visionaries from a variety of fields including Deepak Chopra, Mick Fleetwood, Tony Hawk, Rashida Jones, Laird Hamilton, Robert Walter, Robin Sharma, Catherine Hardwicke, Sir Ken Robinson, Akiva Goldsman and many more.
While studying myths, and writing on the human experience, Joseph Campbell was a professor at Sarah Lawrence College for 38 years. His seminal work, "A Hero with a Thousand Faces" was published in 1949 and greatly influenced generations of artists and writers, including Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Jerry Garcia and others.
- MPAA Rating: Not Rated
- Genre(s): Documentary,Special Interest
- Run Time: 80min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 09/30/2011
- Distributor(s): Balcony Releasing
- Director(s): Patrick Takaya Solomon
- Starring: Deepak Chopra , Mick Fleetwood , Tony Hawk , Rashida Jones , Laird Hamilton
- Themes: Heroic Mission
- Keywords: hero,journey,mythological-legends
- Country of Origin: USA - Limited (09-30-2011)
- Language: English
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