ISSN 3071-558X
8 papers in the library · publishing 2004-2026
Educational Media Reviews Online May 4, 2026 Alessandra Otero
Mangoni, V. & Robledo, L. (Directors). Compuesto, Alexandra ‘Sasha’ (Producer). 2020. The Song that Calls You Home. Good Docs. 72 mins. The Song That Calls You Home is an informative documentary on plant medicine that focuses on the perceived therapeutic properties of ayahuasca. The film presents itself as an exploration of this psychedelic plant as a pathway to healing and self-discovery. Its...
Educational Media Reviews Online March 22, 2024 Andrew Koval
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 230, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638Produced by Adam GoldhammerDirected by Adam Goldhammer2023, Streaming, 45 mins Linda’s Last Trip is a heartfelt meditation into 64-year-old patient Linda Patchett’s terminal cancer diagnosis and her corresponding treatment with psilocybin mushrooms. Patchett’s journey delves into friendship, family,...
Educational Media Reviews Online January 11, 2013 Jim Hobbs
Distributed by Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710Produced by Venture Film in coproduction with RSI – Radiotelevisione svizzera, Teleclub, Lichtblick Filmproduktion, and Spotlight Media ProductionsDirected by Martin Witz2011, DVD, color and b&w, 81 min. The Substance is a social and cultural history of lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. LSD began as an...
Educational Media Reviews Online June 8, 2009 J. Schomberg
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980Produced by ARTE FranceDirected by Delphine Morel2006, DVD, color, 52 min. This is a fascinating documentary of research done by neuroscientists affiliated with the Mind and Life Institute. The purpose of their research is to examine longtime practitioners of Tibetan Buddhist meditation. They use interviews...
Educational Media Reviews Online April 27, 2009 Fran Mentch
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164Produced by Kent MartinDirected by Connie Littlefield2002, DVD, color, 57 min. If you need a film demonstrating that science and medicine are culture bound, this is it. As a member of the baby-boom generation I sat down to watch this film thinking, what can I learn about LSD that I don’t...
Educational Media Reviews Online October 29, 2008 Jessica Schomberg
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)Produced by Freedom Behind Bars ProductionsDirected by Jenny Phillips, Andrew Kukura, and Anne Marie Stein2007, DVD, color, 76 min. This film documents a program to teach Vipassana (Insight Meditation) to inmates at Donaldson Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Alabama. The intensity of the program...
Educational Media Reviews Online October 10, 2005 Ernarosa Tominich
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126 Produced by Films for the Humanities and SciencesDirector n/a2005, DVD, color, 47 min. What is the mind? Is the mind like software? Is the mind separate from the brain or the body? Philosophy of Mind explores conceptual issues of nature, consciousness, perception, desire, intention, belief,...
Educational Media Reviews Online May 21, 2004 L. Widzinski
Distributed by Human Relations Media, 41 Kensico Drive, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; 800-431-2050Produced by John O'NeilDirected by John O'Neil2003, VHS, color, 18 min. LSD, mushrooms, mescalin, psilocybin – classic auditory and visual hallucinogens, and probably the best known of hallucinogenic drugs due to the 1960s counterculture. These and newer, more potent hallucinogens are profiled in this HRM...