FIERCE LIGHT CALLS FOR ACTION 

Certainly the best documentary I saw at the Waterfront Film Festival recently was a collection of inspiring stories that made up "Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action." Filmmaker Velcrow Ripper ("Scared Sacred") globe trots around the world looking at a vast range of people protesting various social issues and examines the notion that social action is most effective when it is deeply rooted in some form of spirituality. The documentary has received awards at numerous film festivals and it is slowing rolling out into theaters this summer with a positive, grassroots buzz growing.

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