I Am

Running time: 89 mins

Winner - Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award When we know what is wrong, we can do what is right.

Director Tom Shadyac (Ace Ventura, Bruce Almighty) was inspired by a traumatic head injury to radically re-examine his success and the civilization that rewarded him. Deciding that there is something terribly wrong with the world, he sets out to find exactly what that is and how to fix it. The result is a remarkable and entertaining criticism of the consumer society achieved through interviews with such notable thinkers as linguist Noam Chomsky, historian Howard Zinn, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Rumi scholar Coleman Barks. He learns that democracy is our natural state, and love is a force of nature. Using brilliant editing and engaging animation as illustrations, he finds inspiration in such diverse fields as quantum mechanics and non-violent civil disobedience. Shadyac has crafted an inspirational call-to-arms that insists we can make a difference.

- GB Brookshire