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The Project

The ConnectedFilm project is uniting a global community to produce the feature film, Connected, by dollar donations from 1 million people around the world. Everyone who donates will have their name in the credits of the finished film, to show that each gift is equally important. Click to learn more

The Film

A disconnected family struggles to love each other for who they are in a film that explores instant communication and true connection. Read on

Our Story

The Script:

The initial idea for Connected just fell into my head one day - instant download. I'd recently moved to Philadelphia and kept in touch with friends and family via email, cell phone and Skype. I didn’t even have a landline. Then a video I’d made, called 21 Accents, suddenly went “viral”, getting millions of views worldwide. I started connecting to people around the world whom I’d never met, who were inspired by this little piece of video shot in my kitchen ... Then I’d call my Mom & Dad, whom I love, and be completely frustrated trying to communicate through a delayed cell phone signal.

I started thinking about the effectiveness of our myriad forms of communication technology - when it makes me feel incredibly connected to the world, and when it feels like an actual barrier that makes it harder to know how clearly I'm communicating. Read on

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"We're All in the Boat"

3/5/2010

a letter from Co-Founder Amy Walker:

We're all in the boat
Drifting on the sea
Trying to stay afloat
water as far as the eye can see

So reach into your heart
find a hopeful word
find a healing gesture
and send it off like a bird

Then keep your eyes on the horizon
One day she'll return
To lead this fragile vessel
safely home

~Chorus from "We're All in the Boat", by Tom Walker

It thrills my aching heart to see how the world is uniting to bring aid to Haiti and Chile. But aside from money, how can I, one person, help a country far away? and warring peoples and homeless neighbors in what can feel like a big black hole of need?

Well, I am an artist. I might not be the best politician, or a builder of new houses, but inspiration pours through me to manifest art and the unique life I create. It manifests in the loving way I behold a stranger; in the family-oriented film we're creating together; and most of all, in the ways I nourish my own spirit, that I may have the abundance to overflow upon our beautiful world.

I believe that the most effective way for each of us to aid our planet and its people is found in the secret whisperings of our hearts. That, even when there does not appear to be a direct connection from one to the other, everything we do to bring love into the world Does somehow uplift our global community.

How does your soulfire burn? That's what ConnectedFilm is about, and YOU are an essential part of it. When the film is completed with your help, we'll be making a web platform for you to share your SoulFire projects with the world.