Cape of Good Hope, official selection at 10 international film festivals, winner of both the jury prize and the audience award at the Austin Film Festival, recipient of an honourable mention for the People’s choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, and winner of the jury prize at the Starz Denver Pan African Film Festival […]

You know, like any other community, religious or otherwise, Baha’is are often seen at their best. And other times, sadly, not so much. (windows media)

Remember how I was going to let you all know the second that the One Mag Love issue was live? Well, I think it happened yesterday sometime…
Inside you’ll find everything you need to know about the L word, what it looks like, what it sounds like, what it tastes like and even where to […]

I know we’ve done this story already, but BWNS just did a story about it and then the solomon star followed with a story on the BWNS story. So I figure hey, why not post about a news story about a news story that we scooped in the first place? If that’s not what blogs […]

Or at least such is the claim of the Rhythm Divine, a weekly radio program that serves as “a window into world sacred music and song, from temples and churches to the pop charts” on Australia’s ABC radio. And on June 1st they had a show about the music of the Baha’i Faith:
[that was] the […]

After reading yesterday’s post, I’m sure you’re all asking yourselves where you can your super-trendy religious wear in Baha’i colors and flavors. And because I am in tune with the wants and needs of the Baha’i blog readership, I shall bring you this slick little site with t-shirts and music and whatnot. And while you […]

Get ready for entry by troops, or maybe just entry by hipster-troops. The Houston Chronicle ran a story last week (that they pulled from the New York Times) about the new ‘hipness’ of faith. It seems that religion is the the new cool.
“I would wear this, you bet,” Blu, 23, said, scrutinizing his reflection in […]

Only one day late (I think I’m getting better at this) I offer this nice little flash presentation to mark the declaration of the Bab on May 23, 1844.
Link (flash, via the Bahai’s of New York)

Someone sent me a link to the Baha’i Association for the arts a couple of days ago. You should all go and have a browse around and see what these talented artists are up to (most of it seems a bit dated, but isn’t good art timeless?). Just to get you started, let me send […]

Cape of Good Hope, a film by Baha’i director Mark Bamford, is set for release this summer by Artistic License Films.
From the website:
A profoundly optimistic film that arrives on the tenth anniversary of the end of Apartheid, Cape of Good Hope is, in the words of writer-director Mark Bamford, “a movie about people just trying […]

Baha’i actor Phillip Hinton was recently in Malaysia to preform his monoluge, Portals to Freedom, which he adapted from the book of the same name by Howard Colby Ives.
From The Star Online:
If you’ve been to Australia, chances are you have heard his rich, resonating voice. Phillip Hinton is in great demand as one of Sydney’s […]

There is a nice feature about artist Duffy Sheridan on the web site for the Tri-Valley Dispatch. Sheridan recently received awards for two of his paintings:

Last month Sheridan, who resides in the Baha’i Desert Rose Community at Eloy, was given two prestigious awards for his portraits “Trust” and “Self Portrait 2004.”

“Trust” was awarded the Chairman’s […]

Actor Earl Cameron, a Bahá’í, has a leading role in Sydney Pollack’s new thriller The Interpreter. He plays a central role in the film, the ruler of a fictitious African nation of Matobo. I haven’t seen the movie, but it looks like it could be interesting — it takes place at the United Nations, […]

Known last year as the Australian Baha’i Film Festival, the Harmony Film Festival is an international short film festival in Sydney, Australia. The theme of the festival this year is “women”.
From their site:

The first year’s festival in 2004 was a huge success with 28 entries and over 700 people attending the Sydney screening night, multiple […]

And while we’re on the film-kick, check out this DVD that’s been released by the Baha’i Publishing Trust of Germany.
Here’s the obligatory site blurb:
The Bahá’í Gardens in Israel are one of the most holy places of the Bahá’ís. In brillant video quality, this film gives a unique insight into the entire Bahá’í Gardens of Haifa.
Witness […]

I had been saving this one for a rainy day, but since I haven’t got anything else up my sleeve, I give you threadnine.

They make some pretty shirts with Baha’i inspired designs. They’re no “One Planet, One People, Please” t-shirts, but they’re still nice. Go and have a look.

Link.

The Congo Baha’i Youth Choir is going to be on CNN Inside Africa this weekend. So everybody set your VCRs and Tivos.

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So the Mana Music site just went live.
Here’s the lowdown (from the site):
MANA is a Baha’i music and cultural performance group based in Sydney, Australia. The members of MANA are predominately youth, most of them still attending high school, and though they are all residents of Sydney, their roots are traced back to Samoa, Tonga […]