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Movie Screening ‘A Prayer For Compassion’ 9.18.19 Boynton Beach
September 18, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Movie Screening ‘A Prayer For Compassion – The Golden Rule For All.’ A film by Student Academy Award-Winner Thomas Wade Jackson – Victoria Moran, Producer. 7:00pm 9.18.19
Join Us for a Special Screening of This Groundbreaking Documentary Presented by EarthSave, Jewish Veg and L’Dor Va-Dor, exploring the spiritual side of veganism.
The film’s trailer shows different people from various faiths speaking about the almost contradictory nature of supporting meat and dairy industries, and living a life of compassion. “How can we expect ourselves to have lives of joy and freedom and spiritual clarity when we are sowing the seeds of the opposite of that?” said one interviewee. ~Jemima Webber
Free admission. Everyone Welcome. Donations requested.
Vegan refreshments with organic vegan Greenthumb Popcorn.
RSVP> https://mailchi.mp/jewishveg/prayer-compassion-florida
The only film ever made exploring the intersection of food, religion and animals - from an interfaith perspective; examines how every religion teaches compassion, and why that logically and spiritually implies a plant-based diet that incorporates nonviolence and kindness, allowing us to survive without unnecessary suffering, violence and death! ~Dani Rukin and Jane Velez-Mitchell
Q&A: Jeffrey Spitz Cohan, Jewish Veg Exec. Director; Rabbi Barry Silver of Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor; Jeffrey ‘VeganMan’ Tucker, EarthSave Chair.
Theatrical Trailer> https://vimeo.com/ondemand/aprayerforcompassion
Video, panel discussion> https://www.facebook.com/CompassionMovie/
https://www.facebook.com/JaneVelezMitchell/videos/372458636800236/
Enjoy organic, vegan Greenthumb Popcorn by Art Friedrich
Grace Abounding: A Review of “A Prayer for Compassion” Screening for Winnipeg VegFest
Grace Abounding: A Review of “A Prayer for Compassion”
By Ashoke Dasgupta in Winnipeg, MB
“First live a compassionate life. Then you will know,” a quotation from the Buddha, passes across the screen as the film starts.
Thomas Wade Jackson was in Unity of New York – a metaphysical, new-thought church. He had been vegan eight years and happened to see the 2014 documentary Cowspiracy.
Cowspiracy reviewed environmental concerns including water use, deforestation, global warming, and ocean dead-zones. It suggested animal agriculture is the main cause of this planet’s environmental destruction. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) felt that film’s conclusions ran counter to scientific consensus, which laid the blame at the feet of fossil fuel emissions.
Regardless of UCS’ pronouncement, Jackson felt he must do something after seeing Cowspiracy. He began to pray and meditate, and A Prayer for Compassion was the result. The filmmaker studied the teachings of Jesus about kindness and compassion. No one asked him to become a vegan; he became one on his own.
