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4 days agoThe Man Who Saves The World? SF Premeire
The Man Who Saves the World? portrays Patrick McCollum's Amazon journey promoting unity, peace, and activism, with a one-night SF screening and post-film Q&A.
I will be discussing one of those films this Friday, with its director Gabe Polsky. He screens his latest film, "The Man Who Saves the World?" at 7 pm at AMC River East. The film follows international peace activist Patrick McCollum to Colombia, Mexico, Los Angeles and New Mexico on his quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy to unite the Indigenous communities in South America to save the Amazon.
Hot off a sold-out premieres in the San Rafael, Ojai and Los Angeles, we're thrilled to bring The Man Who Saves the World? to SF! Are you tired of traditional feature documentaries? Executive produced by comedy legends Danny McBride and Peter Farrelly, acclaimed director Gabe Polsky captures the extraordinary journey of Patrick McCollum - a fearless, free-spirited seeker traveling through the Amazon on a mission to inspire unity and peace.
Several Indigenous tribes in South America had ancient prophecies that one day, when the world was ablaze, its waters filled with poison, a man with a White face and blue eyes would arrive to help unite the tribes and help them save the planet. A few years ago, the tribal elders announced that man was Patrick McCollum, a Northern California man.
I could hear it in his voice, says Polsky on a recent video call, recalling DeLuca's hesitation to bring up his idea. He's like, This is kind of weird, and I don't know why I thought of you, but would you be open to hearing this really strange story that came across my desk?' Polsky, whose past film projects include documentary and feature films with collaborators such as Nicolas Cage, Wayne Gretzky and Werner Herzog, said yes.