Poet Robert Bly stands out among the revolutionary generation of American artists who burst forth in the 1950s. Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy charts his singular path from Minnesota farmer’s son to antiwar activist to author of Iron John, the men’s movement bible that sent a million men drumming in the woods. Today, the bespectacled, white-haired Bly is every inch the politically and spiritually engaged mystic, seeking the heart of every moment as well as the spiritual bedrock beneath our daily lives. One of the first to translate Rumi and other ecstatic Sufi poets, he lives a life that embodies the quest for personal honesty and shared truth. With Joseph Campbell, Jane Hirshfield, Tracy K. Smith, Donald Hall, Mark Rylance, Gary Snyder, and many others.
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
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This series is presented with generous support from
- the Gail Wagner Shenkman Fund.
The JBFC is grateful to the following donors who have contributed to the Gail Wagner Shenkman Fund:
- Lawrence Abrams
- Natalie Bowden
- Jodi E. Buren
- Susan Chiarulli
- Lisa Crandall
- John A. Credaroli Jr., D.V.M.
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- Judy & Tom Exton
- Paul & Lori Fichtenbaum
- Steffi & Phil Green
- Amy Grossman
- Nancy Grundman & Jay Grossman
- David S. Hinderstein
- Lisa Jacobson
- Janet Langsam
- Tammi Brown Lauder
- Janet Maslin & Ben Cheever
- Lucille & Paul Maslin Foundation, Inc.
- Jeff & Pam Moskowitz
- Alan & Sharon Pollack
- Bettina Prober
- Florence Sofer
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- Lynda Shenkman-Curtis
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as of 5/24/2016
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Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Q&A NYT writer Jeff Gordinier and poets
This film is part of the The Meditative Life 2016: Consciousness, Spirituality…and the Kitchen Sink series.
This series is presented with generous support from
- the Gail Wagner Shenkman Fund.
The JBFC is grateful to the following donors who have contributed to the Gail Wagner Shenkman Fund:
- Lawrence Abrams
- Natalie Bowden
- Jodi E. Buren
- Susan Chiarulli
- Lisa Crandall
- John A. Credaroli Jr., D.V.M.
- Demas-Graef Family
- Judy & Tom Exton
- Paul & Lori Fichtenbaum
- Steffi & Phil Green
- Amy Grossman
- Nancy Grundman & Jay Grossman
- David S. Hinderstein
- Lisa Jacobson
- Janet Langsam
- Tammi Brown Lauder
- Janet Maslin & Ben Cheever
- Lucille & Paul Maslin Foundation, Inc.
- Jeff & Pam Moskowitz
- Alan & Sharon Pollack
- Bettina Prober
- Florence Sofer
- Ed & Laura Shenkman
- Jamie Shenkman & Chris Magadini
- Barry Shenkman
- Lynda Shenkman-Curtis
- Jeremiah & Jo-Ann Taylor
as of 5/24/2016
Meditative Life Community Partner
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