FHFF Tuesday

Finding Your Dream Through Ancient Mythological Symbols
Preview film to be presented Tuesday, Sept. 17 by the Friday Harbor Film Festival

On Tuesday, September 17 at 7 pm come view Sukhavati: Place of Bliss – A Mythic Journey with Joseph Campbell, the weekly documentary offering from the Friday Harbor Film Festival at the FHFF office (10 First St., next door to The Toy Box. Admission is by donation, including free popcorn. Seating is limited. The film runs 60 minutes.

In Sukhavati: Place of Bliss – A Mythic Journey with Joseph Campbell, Joseph Campbell travels the world to track the mythological symbols lefts to us by the ancients. Primal mythological signs and images evoke strong emotions and serve as a sort of public dream. Campbell reasons that dreams are private myths. He suggests that each person must find a dream and follow it through, explaining that each dream will lead the dreamer to the myth world in which they spiritually dwell. In an attempt to show people that the human soul has always walked the same path in search of true bliss, Campbell gazes through the mist of the Bronze age, explores Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, and investigates the mysteries of the ruins of Ajanta in India, Delphi in Greece, and Stonehenge in England.

Friday Harbor Film Festival will feature a special Kidz Cinema on Saturday, October 12.
An exciting program of films for children of all ages, Kidz Cinema will feature a variety of just-for-fun animated tales and short documentaries that are either about kids or of particular interest to kids. Topics range from saving the environment, experiencing outdoor adventures, and learning about the wilderness, to stories from the native peoples of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Kidz Cinema will also feature films created by school children and home schoolers here in San Juan County.

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