January/February 2005 Living Now
The Movie Mystic

by Stephen Simon

Indigo

Stephen Simon
On January 29, 2005, people around the world will have the chance to see a movie very near and dear to my heart: INDIGO, the feature film that I directed and produced and that so many people have been talking about since it won The Audience Choice Award at the Santa Fe Film Festival.

INDIGO is about taking responsibility for the choices we make. It's about the thin line that separates success from failure, and love from regret. It is a film about redemption, grace and the healing powers of a new generation of psychic and gifted "Indigo" children. It tells the story of one family's three fateful choices that result in bankruptcy, jail, and their estrangement and total dissolution. Through the healing and psychic powers of the family's youngest member - Grace, a ten-year-old "Indigo" child - the family finally finds a new chance for forgiveness. (For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term "Indigo child", research has found that Indigos are not just an American phenomenon. Indigo Children seem to go far beyond cultural barriers, and can be found all around the world.)

The film, whose budget was $500,000, is co-written by James Twyman, who also served as the film's Executive Producer, and Neale Donald Walsch, who also stars in the film. Neale is the best selling author of the Conversations with God series (which have sold over nine million copies worldwide.) James is the author of Emissary of Love-The Psychic Children Speak and other books.

After the amazing success of "WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW," enthusiasm for Spiritual Cinema is at an all time high. INDIGO begins the next wave of these inspiring films, and I hope you will be able to join us. This is the first time a film like this is being released nationally in a mainstream chain (AMC Theaters) as a test to see how many people are interested in movies that inspire our lives. As of now, INDIGO is scheduled to play only once in each theater, and our intention is to fill each and every one of them. When that happens, AMC will likely be much more open in the future to showing films from this new genre. This is our goal, not only for INDIGO, but for every inspiring film that deserves a mainstream audience. This is also a way for us to make these spiritual messages available to millions of people who would usually not be exposed to them.

In cities where there are no AMC theaters there will also be nearly 200 churches and other organizations showing the film the same day, all around the world. Many churches in Canada, around the US, Europe, Australia, Asia, and many other places, are excited to be part of this phenomenon. In most cases, these tickets will be sold by the churches themselves. [See below.]

Those watching this opening of INDIGO will also have the chance to see a special filmed introduction from the creators of the film: Neale Donald Walsch, James Twyman, and myself. Also, everyone watching the screening in a church anywhere in the world will get the chance to see and hear James Twyman and Doreen Virtue (author of "The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children") on film.

For more information or a preview, please visit www.Indigothemovie.com and either purchase your ticket, or pick the church you want to attend if there is no theater near you. Please help us show that there are millions of people who are yearning for films that affirm life and spirituality.

Spiritual Cinema asks two eternal questions: "Who are we?" and "Why are here?" I believe that films such as INDIGO illuminate the landscape of our evolution as a humanity and stir us to remember who we can be when we reach beyond the seen, into a realm where we engage the magical aspects of our human potential.

Stephen Simon has produced such films as Somewhere in Time and What Dreams May Come, produced and directed INDIGO, and wrote The Force is With You: Mystical Movie Messages That Inspire Our Lives, published by Walsch Books/Hampton Roads. He also co-founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle www.spiritualcinemacircle.com. Stephen welcomes your comments by email: Stephen@spiritualcinemacircle.com

Pacific NW Screenings

Please contact the organization directly for times.

Ashland, OR: Mobius
541-488-8894

Beaverton, OR : New Thought Ministries of Oregon
503-296-9922 x102, www.ntmo.org

Bend, OR : Unity Center
541-388-1569, www.bendunity.com

Eugene, OR: Cozmic Pizza
541-338-9333, www.cozmicpizza.com

McMinnville, OR : Third Street Pizza Company
971-237-3397

North Bend, OR: Unity by the Bay
541-751-1633, www.unitybythebay.net

Salem, OR: Unity of Salem
503-364-0156

Bellingham, WA: The Pickford Dream Space
360-733-2270, www.pickfordcinema.org

Centralia, WA:Unity of Lewis County
360-330-5259, www.websyte.com/unity/centralia/

Chelan, WA: SPIRALS, Ruby Theater
509-682-2383, www.spiralsofjoy.com

Mount Vernon, WA: Lincoln Theatre Center Foundation
360-336-8955, www.lincolntheatre.org

Richland, WA: The Divine Fellowship
509-946-8656, www.thedivinefellowship.org

Shelton, WA: SOCK Community Center
360-432-3229, www.sock.org

Spokane, WA: Unity Church of Truth
509-838-6518

Vancouver, WA: Abundant Life Center at August Moon,
360-695-0211