Youth Hero of the Week: David Blumenkrantz & ROPE
David Blumenkrantz is a personal friend and a pillar of this work called Rites of Passage. I quoted him a few times in the ROP short film with a mere fraction of his indispensable contributions. He...
View ArticleSeeking PR Director for Warrior Films
We need a part-time Public Relations Director to do the tasks below. The qualified candidate will have a minimum 3-5 years PR, advertising, and/or marketing experience, ideally at both local and...
View ArticleWe're giving away our film Journey from Zanskar!
In appreciation of you and all of our wonderful supporters we're giving away our film Journey from Zanskar! Thank you for all you've done to continue to make our work possible! We also want to...
View ArticleMovies & Meaning: Coming to Albuquerque, NM May 2015
As we reach that time when folks list their top ten films of the year, I'm eager to tell you something about a wonderful thing my friend Gareth Higgins is doing - it's a film festival-peacemaking-all...
View ArticleThanksgiving 2014 Newsletter
As I reflect back on the last year, I am constantly reminded of the people who have been tremendous supporters of Warrior Films. Your continued interest and contributions have made a very direct...
View ArticleFebruary 2014 Newsletter
September 2014 Dear friends, It was really great to be back at the Sundance Film Festival after so many years. The UCLA Film Archive unveiled a "restored" HD Hoop Dreams master which was...
View ArticleJuly 2014 Newsletter
September 2014 Dear friends, The good work continues... Below you'll find the brief Foreword I wrote for the book Building a Better Man, coming out soon. Here is the interview I recently gave...
View ArticleRoger and Me
Whenever I would see him I used to tell Roger Ebert, only half kiddingly, that as long as he was alive I still had a film career. He was a tireless promoter of Hoop Dreams. In an effort led by him...
View ArticleAngeles Arrien, Spokeswoman for Rites of Passage, RIP
Angeles Arrien, PhD The gracious, wise, and giving... bless her for her work, and the difference it made and will make for so many people, families, and communities. You can find highlights of the...
View ArticleIndigenous People's Wisdom on Rights of Passage
From Kissed by a Fox, Priscilla Stuckey: Malidoma wrote (from The Healing Wisdom of Africa; paraphrased by Priscilla Stuckey): Rites of initiation in nature were especially important, for nature...
View ArticleMy tribute to Harold Ramis and Mentoring
I feel compelled to share with you what Harold Ramis meant to me. He was such a wonderful human being and such an inspiration to me I feel that to do anything less would dishonor his memory. For...
View ArticleMy mother, Miriam Marx... RIP
Just wanted to share a brief life summary with you for my Mom who died 9 days ago. I was holding her hand and looking into her eyes as she passed. My brother and sister were there with her too. Her...
View ArticleOur victory for youth and Rites of Passage work
Our mission: Insuring that every child on the planet receives a rite of passage and mentorship into adulthood. I want to share our recent victory with you. Last weekend we had 26 of the leading...
View ArticleFrederick Marx on national radio Australia
Talking about the ManKind Project, rites of passage, teen boys, and mature masculinity. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/spiritofthings/boys-to-men/3713174
View ArticleNew American Heroes
(Editor's note: This article focuses on men and boys. But the film RITES OF PASSAGE: MENTORING THE FUTURE, now in production, will focus on both genders, in equal measure.) Some of the great heroes in...
View ArticleWhat’s your life purpose or mission?
I think the greatest crime of the last two centuries has been the countless millions of children who’ve been brought into this world not taught to know their purpose in this life. What is your life...
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