Transcendental Media

16/12/2022

Hey y'all. Help support the work we do & make a purchase in our online shop. Use the coupon code "35OFFXMAS22" to get 35% off your entire order until Dec 31, 2022 @ 11:59 pm PST. Thanks!

A mantra for modern times, the name of one of our favorite John Cage compositions, and the title of one of our new films in development, make a...

26/06/2022

Some opportunities to see our work in the coming months

10/06/2022

Check out this new film series directed by our friend Andrew Brumme and edited by Patrick Shen. Virtual screenings are happening now!

We are thrilled to announce that tickets are available now to watch the first Taste and See film as part of a limited virtual cinema event.

Get your tickets now for showtimes beginning June 3 at watch.tasteandseefilms.com!

21/04/2022

In celebration of earth day "The Dawn Chorus" is free [for a limited time] to experience now at

http://watch.dawnchorusfilm.com

Watch + rest + exhale + resume the important work of making things better.

"I think we’re all seeing the need for reinvention, for newness, for a new world, but how do we get there? What I keep telling myself and everyone I love is that the world before this pause was imagined. The world we will have after is currently being imagined. We are all part of that work. It’s a message I hope we keep passing on and on and on, because it has sturdy composition, is made out of way more than thin air. I know from my own personal life that there’s a jarring quake that comes with losing the lens through which you’ve always seen the world. It’s a heartbreak. A loss. Only, not of a person; of the entire way you understand seeing. There’s a scintillating quiet that follows. You can’t turn or run from it; you have to make something else, or it’ll be made for you. It’s up to you, says the glowing instruction, choose the life and lens you can survive." –Eloghosa Osunde

02/04/2022

In 1965, the first images of Mars were sent to Earth as a series of numbers that indicated the brightness of a single pixel. It was supposed to take more than 8 hours to receive all the pixels needed for a complete image. But one tape recorder engineer on the Mariner IV mission figured out a short cut and accidentally created the first picture of the Red planet.

Check out our new film "The Picture Taking Experiment" on Short Docs!

https://www.latimes.com/shortdocs/la-short-docs-the-picture-taking-experiment

08/01/2022

Two opportunities to see our work this month: In Pursuit of Silence screens at the wonderful Norient Film Festival Bern on Jan 13 and Day of a Stranger screens all month virtually at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review's Buddhist Shorts Film Festival.

https://nff-bern.ch/In-Pursuit-of-Silence
https://tricycle.org/filmclub/buddhist-shorts-film-festival-2022/

01/01/2022

Our film Day of a Stranger exploring Trappist monk Thomas Merton's hermit years is streaming this month as part of
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review's Buddhist Shorts Film Festival (for subscribers only).

Take a glimpse inside the extraordinary mind of Thomas Merton in this meditative film compiled of audio tapes from his final years living as a hermit in the woods of Kentucky.

17/07/2021

"Of the upcoming movies in the series, Otto is most excited to be presenting the area premiere of a new film, "Day of a Stranger," on Sunday, July 18, at 1 p.m.

Using rare audio recordings, the movie focuses on the late monk Thomas Merton and his groundbreaking stance on civil rights.

"We'll be screening a recording of an interview with the director Cassidy Hall following the free screening," Otto said."

Here's what guests can expect when visiting the re-opened Speed Cinema

13/07/2021

Very pleased to be sharing that this beautiful, award-winning glimpse into the consciousness of Thomas Merton, one of the 20th century's greatest minds, while he lived in isolation in the Kentucky woods from 1965-1968 is opening in an actual theater. And at the Speed Art Museum's Speed Cinema no less. Louisville, the screening is FREE on a first come, first served basis. Please spread the word. Thank you.

Directed + Produced by Cassidy Hall
Produced + Edited by Patrick Shen
Music by Alex Kozobolis and Ed Hamilton

https://www.speedmuseum.org/cinema/sunday-showcase-day-of-a-stranger/

28/04/2021

NEW POSTER + WORLD PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT: Our latest production "Day of a Stranger" directed by Cassidy Hall and produced by Patrick Shen will premiere at Illuminate Film Festival, the leading festival for conscious cinema, on May 20 in Sedona, AZ. "Day of a Stranger" is a meditative portrait of Thomas Merton, a world-renown mystic and author, during his final years living in solitude from 1965 until his shocking death in 1968.

Virtual screenings May 20-26:
https://watch.eventive.org/illuminate2021/play/607b2e9d7d5c17003ec81aa9/60593940f7034500b473d236

In-Person screening on May 22 @ 10am:
https://illuminate2021.eventive.org/schedule/606a592d680f05003e2c21c2

Thanks to those who have supported the film (we’ll be getting you links for the film soon). Join either Cassidy or Patrick on Patreon to receive “Day of a Stranger” extras like a 90-minute audio recording from inside the hermitage and the companion film “How I Pray is Breathe.”

Patrick: [www.patreon.com/patrickshen]
Cassidy: [www.patreon.com/cassidyhall]

27/04/2021

Back in May 2020, 35 of us in 13 countries decided to engage in the age old practice of celebrating the dawn as a symbol of resurrection and renewal. The Dawn Chorus is a film for those weary from the turbulence and in need of renewal before continuing the good work of fixing the world. A 2-week virtual cinema engagement at the Walker Art Center begins May 4 and runs through May 17. FREE to all. More info here: https://walkerart.org/calendar/2021/the-dawn-chorus

Witness the first light and sounds of a new dawn breaking, as observed around the world one year ago. Patrick Shen’s cinematic meditation was created during the first COVID-19 lockdown by 35 artists from over 13 countries on May 3, 2020. With a soundtrack filled with environmental bird songs and a...