1 Giant Leap (DVD)

Bibliographic Info

Title: 1 Giant Leap (Movie)

Author: (Directors) Jamie Catto, Duncan Bridgeman

Publisher: (Label) Palm Pictures

Publication Date: (Release Date) 2002

ISBN: n/a

Plot Summary

Directors Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman have toured the world gathering musical clips, commentary, images, spoken word poetry and compiled it into a grouping of chapters on life with universal themes such on love, death, god, and more.  Interviews by Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Ram Dass, and Dennis Hopper are featured.  Music by Michael Stipe, Baaba Mall, Robbie Williams, and more are laced throughout the film.  The slogan of the film is “seeking unity in diversity.”

Critical Evaluation

This collection is inspiring.  The themes are strongly anti-commercial, spiritual, but non-religious, and embracing of individuality.  The music is powerful and inclusive of cultures worldwide.  The film is one of a kind and leaves the viewer with feeling full of the strongest elements of the human experience – creativity, vitality, awareness.

Reader’s Annotation

This intense and beautiful mosaic of human culture explores universal concepts like love, death, money and more.

Author Info

Jamie Catto was born in London, England on August 14, 1968.  He is a singer/songwriter and art and video director.  He runs an online record label website.  He’s an activist for free speech and civil disobedience.

Jamie Catto (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Catto.

There is no biography available for Duncan Bridgeman.

Genre

Movie

Curriculum Ties

World History, Religious Studies

Book Talking Ideas

Demo: Ask one person to read a poem, another to stomp rhythmically, another to clap, another to read an editorial at intervals.

Reading Level

15+

Challenge Issues

Seriously grown-up topics such as sweat shop labor, the porn industry, violence in the name of religion.

Challenge Responses

Active Listening

Refer to library’s collection policy

Provide complaint form

Refer to book reviews

Selection

The DVD was a gift.