{"id":4178,"date":"2010-03-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/discovering-the-human-experience.html"},"modified":"2010-03-15T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T05:00:00","slug":"discovering-the-human-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/discovering-the-human-experience.html","title":{"rendered":"Discovering &#8220;The Human Experience&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been floating around for a couple of years in various forms, and popping up at private screenings and film festivals, but now it appears <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassrootsfilms.com\/thehumanexperience\/\">&#8220;The Human Experience&#8221;<\/a> will finally arrive in movie theaters next month.  <\/p>\n<p>I had the chance to see it a few months back at a screening in Brooklyn.  The documentary, from Brooklyn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassrootsfilms.com\/main.html\">Grassroots Films<\/a> (the folks behind <a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=-7888067787359415127#\">&#8220;Fishers of Men&#8221;<\/a> and the great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/video\/?v=1672\">Catholic Vote videos<\/a>) is definitely one to put on your must-see list.   It&#8217;s not without flaws, but it&#8217;s a beautifully realized celebration of life, and living, and learning.  You will be uplifted and deeply moved.  Look for it at a theater near you in April.  <\/p>\n<p>Meantime, check out the trailer, below.  <\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DvmI5bZzFQY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/DvmI5bZzFQY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><\/object> <\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been floating around for a couple of years in various forms, and popping up at private screenings and film festivals, but now it appears &#8220;The Human Experience&#8221; will finally arrive in movie theaters next month. 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