The Sharing Project is a 29 minute non-fiction film, philosophical journey, personal narrative, and nature film, all intertwined together to explore the meaning of sharing. It’s a topic that filmmaker Joel Tauber and his young son Zeke find incredibly complex and confusing. So, Tauber seeks clarity from experts in different fields; including philosopher Christian Miller, homeless center director Derwin L. Montgomery, and psychologist Jessica Sommerville. Joel and Zeke then turn to the site of the forgotten commune, Happyville (1905-1908); hoping that the landscape that had once inspired the Utopia Seekers, will also inspire them – reminding them that we’re all connected to the land, and therefore each other; and that sharing is an ideal worth striving for.
Watch the movie now on Global Cinema Online.
Film festival awards include: “Best International Documentary Short” at the 2019 LakeCity International Film Festival (Noida, India) and “Best Experimental Film” at the 2021 Chauri Chaura International Film Festival (Gorakhpur, India). Additional film festival screenings include: Oaxaca FilmFest 2019 (Oaxaca, Mexico), the 2019 DTLA Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA, USA), YoFiFest 2019, The Yonkers Film Festival (Yonkers, NY, USA), and the 2021 Pune Short Film Festival (Pune, India).
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The Sharing Project 