by Tom DeWolf | Jun 23, 2015 | Coming to the Table, Gather at the Table, Infinite Possibilities, Movies, Reviews, Trauma and Healing
My oldest granddaughter (age 8) and I went to see Inside Out, the new Disney/Pixar flick, during its opening weekend. In connection with my writing, my study of Trauma Healing and Infinite Possibilities, and my work with Coming to the Table, this is one powerful...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 2, 2015 | Author Stuff, Writing, Movies, Reviews
I first became seriously fascinated with deprivation tanks when I watched Altered States in 1980; the William Hurt/Blair Brown sci-fi, love story about a Harvard professor who drinks a spoonful of psychedelic mushroom juice from South America before slipping into the...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 10, 2013 | Movies, Reviews, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
My wife Lindi and I went to see 12 Years a Slave yesterday. It wasn’t a film I wanted to see. It was a film I needed to see. It is harsh and searing and honest in its depiction of the institution of slavery in the United States. I hope (and encourage in...
by Tom DeWolf | May 15, 2013 | Movies, Reviews
Wavy Gravy is 77 years old today, May 15, 2013. I met Wavy Gravy at an APCA (Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities) Conference on Halloween in 2010. We had a couple of warm and funny conversations and enjoyed watching Gallagher smashing watermelons and...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 4, 2013 | Movies, Reviews
I can’t wait to see the film Free Angela & All Political Prisoners. The primary focus of the documentary is Davis’s infamous 1971 trial. She was arrested in 1970; charged with conspiracy, kidnapping, and murder following the failed attempt to free...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 3, 2013 | Movies, Reviews
Current TV, the cable channel co-founded by Al Gore, has been sold to – gasp – Al-Jazeera. Within hours, Time Warner Cable dropped Current TV like a hot frying pan – reducing Current TV’s potential viewership by about 9 million. About the deal,...
