Journeyman San Diego Event
Join Us On May 21st 2008
MEDIA CONTACTS: Joe Sigurdson
619-889-9243
"Journeyman," a Documentary film on the "Boy Crisis"
Has
its San Diego Premier at 7:15 PM Wednesday May 21st at the
The Ken Cinema
4061 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
Office: (619)
283-3227
Washington Post "Pick of the Week" Documentary
Captures
Mentoring and "Rites of Passage" of DC boys.
"Journeyman," a Documentary
film on the American "boy crisis", will have its San Diego Premiere at the Ken
Cinema in Kensington.. After two years of filming, the film' final Rites of
Passage climax, was completed with footage shot here in San Diego. The film will
get its chance to explore why male depression and violence has been escalating
in America, and how mentoring changes lives. Created by film makers Charlie
Borden and Kevin Obsatz, Journeyman explores hidden experiences of Rites of
Passage, mentoring, and male culture in America. Footage of the Boys to Men
Mentoring networks', "Rites of Passage Adventure" was filmed right here in San
Diego.
Journeyman Short Summary
Journeyman is a
one-hour documentary about rites of passage, mentoring, and male culture in
America.
The film follows Joe and Mike, two teenage boys dying for
healthy adult mentors. After their struggles with depression and violence, they
join a mentoring program. As they work with male mentors they face challenging
rites of passage, discover their inner strength, and learn to engage with a
community of supportive men.
About Journeyman
The
film features Michael Gurian (The Good Son, The Wonder of Boys, Dr. Michael
Obsatz (Raising Nonviolent Children in a Violent World), Dr. Barbara Coloroso,
(Kids Are Worth It), Dr. David Walsh (The Selling Out of America's Children, Why
Do They Act that Way?).
Journeyman studies the phenomena of "at risk"
boys, plus issues in American male culture. The film discovers experiments to
reinvent male communities by giving boys what they need to grow into mature
manhood. Finally, Journeyman follows its' characters into an authentic "Rites of
Passage" where mentoring from a community of men and boys create a
transformation experience for young boys entering adolescence.
For
additional information, or to interview experts and "stars" from "Journeyman",
please contact
Joe Sigurdson 619-889-9243
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For more
information about Journeyman, you can also see the films' website at www.mirrormanfilms.org.
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