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 Rumi: Poet of the Heart
Just Released New Video
"I am so small I can barely be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes. They are small, but they see enormous things."
Jelauddin Rumi
This one hour program presents Coleman Barks, the preeminent contemporary translator of Rumi's poetry, in live performance and intimate conversation. Joining Coleman to celebrate the earthly, joyous, spiritual passion of Rumi's poetry are Robert Bly, Deepak Chopra, Michael Meade, Huston Smith and others. Musical performances by oud virtuoso Hamza El Din and singer Jai Uttal. Narrated by Debra Winger. Directed by Haydn Reiss.Rumi: Poet of the Heart includes performances, readings, illustrations, music, footable of the whirling dervishes and much more - all woven together to serve as an introduction to Rumi and tell the story of Rumi's growing emergence in the west.
"At the end of our wanderings there is only the soul's yearning to return to God. No one speaks that yearning better than Rumi. No one, these days, does Rumi better than Coleman Barks."
Ram Dass
"Perhaps the world's greatest spiritual poet - the gold of Rumi pours down through Coleman's words."
Jack Kornfield, author of "A Path with Heart"
"Through Coleman Barks' inspired renderings, we tired, modern people have come not only to love Rumi, but even - a little - to love Who and What Rumi himself loved."
Jacob Needleman, author of "A Little Book about Time" and "Money and the Meaning of Life"
"The Rumi: Poet of the Heart video celebrates life and literary accomplishments of Rumi, whose poems have spanned the centuries and speak eloquently to contemporary audiences."
Northwest Film Center, Portland Museum of Art
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