A SPECIAL EVENING SCREENING
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2022, 7:00 - 9:00 pm ET
Available by: Join by Videoconference Only (learn more about videoconference)
Mission Joy Film Screening
Let’s watch this film together in community!
Facilitated by Rev. Emilie Unterweger
Deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny, Mission: JOY is a documentary with unprecedented access to the unlikely friendship of two international icons who transcend religion: His Holiness the Dalai Lama & the late Archbishop Tutu. In their final joint mission, these self-described mischievous brothers give a master class in how to create joy in a world that was never easy for them. They offer neuroscience-backed wisdom to help each of us live with more joy, despite circumstances.
Inspired by New York Times bestseller The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, the film showcases the exchange between these two Nobel Peace Prize winners that led to that book. Consisting largely of never before seen footage shot over 5 days at the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala, the film invites viewers to join these luminaries behind the scenes as they recount stories from their lives, each having lived through periods of incredible difficulty and strife. With genuine affection, mutual respect and a healthy dose of teasing, these unlikely friends impart lessons gleaned from lived experience, ancient traditions, and the latest cutting-edge science regarding how to live with joy in the face of all of life’s challenges from the extraordinary to the mundane. Mission: Joy is an antidote for the times.
Watch the Trailer
Facilitator
Rev. Emilie Unterweger
Rev. Emilie Unterweger (OSIS 2021) is a healer, writer, and workshop facilitator based in New York City where she empowers others to participate in their own wellness by providing tools for growth and change. Emilie seeks to foster healing in individuals and communities through a deepening connection to Spirit and Earth and, in doing so, aid in restoring balance to humanities’ relationship with the natural world. Emilie earned a BA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. There she trained as a NYS Certified Rape Crisis Counselor and volunteered as a Peer Educator and Peer Advocate for their Sexual Violence Response Office doing outreach, working with survivors, creating and presenting workshops. She continues to support survivors in her practice and various recovery circles. Emilie is a certified Holy Fire and Shamanic Reiki Master Practitioner, talking circle leader, and has practiced mindfulness and meditation for over a decade.
If you have questions about registering for this course, please contact One Spirit Learning Alliance by email to info@1spirit.org or call 212-931-6840.