11/28/2020
A documentary about Drum Circles on Netflix?
✅ Yep. Coming this Christmas...
You can see the official online premiere on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. I'm honored to be a part of this.
CHECK IT OUT ⬇️
WE ALL JUST NEED TO DRUM! https://weneedtodrum.com
Created by Award-winning Director, John Pritchard Produced by ONE HEART MOVIES
👉WE ALL JUST NEED TO DRUM! will be available on Netflix, Apple Movies, and Amazon Video for the Christmas holidays and the World Premiere will be at Lincoln Center as soon as it is safe to attend movie screenings in 2021.
👉WE ALL JUST NEED TO DRUM! is the fourth ONE HEART MOVIES documentary film created by award-winning director, John Pritchard. The film is dedicated to the great Nigerian master drummer from the Yoruba tribe, Babatunde Olatunji, who deeply inspired the global drum circle movement that began in the mid 1990s. He famously said, “When you give love, you get love back. Remember, it is in giving that we--what? Receive!” And that’s what “Baba” was all about... love and the healing power of the drum!
👉WE ALL JUST NEED TO DRUM! is all about encouraging the entire world to use drumming as a healing tool to increase joy, reduce stress, and deepen our connection with one another. Group drumming currently takes place in over 10,000+ drum circles around the planet every month. With your help, John's five year goal is to make that a million drum circles by December 2025. The whole world needs to come together and start drumming! Health note: Group drumming can happen outside during the pandemic with people wearing masks and social distancing or simply playing together on a Zoom call where each person takes their turn leading the group with their own drum rhythm.
👉The inspiration for the movie came from the introduction to John’s 2019 movie, RESPECT FOR ALL, where Drum Circle Facilitator, Otha Day, joyfully expresses that, "We all just need to drum!” Why do we all need to drum? What does drumming offer that makes it such a great solution for the problems of the 21st century? The simple answer: harmony. Harmony is the by-product of drumming with a group, as well as drumming by oneself. Drumming has always been part of every human culture since the beginning of time. Drumming together in a drum circle produces greater harmony within our body, mind and spirit. It is something everyone can do and it's also a lot of fun!
👉The movie features over 30 interviews that include renowned father of the modern drum circle movement, Arthur Hull, and 10 of his Village Music Circle (VMC) Global Trainers: Simon Faulkner (AUSTRALIA), Kumi Masunaga (HONG KONG), Roberto Narain (INDIA), Vasundhara Das (INDIA), Alan Bruni (USA), Tomoko “Tomtom” Yokota (JAPAN), John Fitzgerald (USA) Mary Tolena (USA), Mike Deaton (USA), and Jim Boneau (USA).
👉Additional interviewees include Jim Donovan, Súle Greg Wilson, Zorina Wolf, Scott Swimmer, Serina Payan Hazelwood, Greg Whitt, Diana Wallace, Summer Lall, Chris Ramirez, Malia Durbano, Rosario Carelli, Aimee Galinus, Daniel Cohen, Satya Ferreira, Brian Colbert, Jim Markham, and Dr. Adam Bowling.
☀️Special guest appearances are made by Micmac/Mohawk Elder, Ken Little Hawk, and Associate Producer, Ron Mercier.
John Pritchard
