Across the King's River is an approaching documentary feature film that follows one man and his daughter on their journey for self-transformation among the great healers of West Africa.
Producer, James Weeks, says one of the goals of the film is to evoke others to follow their visions.
Weeks had no idea that he would one day embrace African healing traditions but finally changed into a worshipper after a dynamic shaman guided his family overcome a collection of life and death challenges.
In Across the King's Stream, Weeks takes Tulani, his daughter, to meet Aseda, the Yoruba shaman that he credits for saving his life and keeping his family together. The old man also initiates Tulani as a priestess of Osun, the orisa, or divine spirit of love and fertility.
Aseda, James ' spiritual father, is among the 16 major diviners of Ifa, a swiftly growing religion with more than 100 million practitioners internationally. The philosophy originated among the Yorubas of Southwest Nigeria and predates Christianity by over 10,000 years.
African healers often diagnose and treat medical situations long before their Western peers can even detect them. They are also helping Weeks ward off diabetes, Aseda's non secular abilities also helped deter Weeks ' oldest son from a life of crime.
"The healers in the movie are keepers of a huge body of information and have important messages to share with the world," Weeks expressed. The journey takes Weeks and Tulani deep into III African civilizations: the Dagara of Burkina Faso, the Lebu of Senegal and the Yorubas of Southwest Nigeria.
Across the King's Brook also has scholar, Christopher Brown, a disciple of the late Doctor. Afolabi Epega, a world-renowned authority on Ifa. Like his mentor, Epega, Brown is on a mission to show the connection between science and spirituality.
Brown is an instituted Ifa priest and holds degrees in arithmetic and computer science. He once worked as a software engineer for The United Space Alliance and believes that science is nothing less than spirituality in disguise.
Across the King's River will be directed by Emmy Award winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson and goes into production in spring 2012. The title of the film comes from a Yoruba axiom that is frequently used when one has something tricky to do or say.
"The proverb suggests that a higher force has sent you on a mission that must definitely be satisfied at any price - no excuses and no going back. It's more than a proverb. It?s a way of life" Weeks explains.
Producer, James Weeks, says one of the goals of the film is to evoke others to follow their visions.
Weeks had no idea that he would one day embrace African healing traditions but finally changed into a worshipper after a dynamic shaman guided his family overcome a collection of life and death challenges.
In Across the King's Stream, Weeks takes Tulani, his daughter, to meet Aseda, the Yoruba shaman that he credits for saving his life and keeping his family together. The old man also initiates Tulani as a priestess of Osun, the orisa, or divine spirit of love and fertility.
Aseda, James ' spiritual father, is among the 16 major diviners of Ifa, a swiftly growing religion with more than 100 million practitioners internationally. The philosophy originated among the Yorubas of Southwest Nigeria and predates Christianity by over 10,000 years.
African healers often diagnose and treat medical situations long before their Western peers can even detect them. They are also helping Weeks ward off diabetes, Aseda's non secular abilities also helped deter Weeks ' oldest son from a life of crime.
"The healers in the movie are keepers of a huge body of information and have important messages to share with the world," Weeks expressed. The journey takes Weeks and Tulani deep into III African civilizations: the Dagara of Burkina Faso, the Lebu of Senegal and the Yorubas of Southwest Nigeria.
Across the King's Brook also has scholar, Christopher Brown, a disciple of the late Doctor. Afolabi Epega, a world-renowned authority on Ifa. Like his mentor, Epega, Brown is on a mission to show the connection between science and spirituality.
Brown is an instituted Ifa priest and holds degrees in arithmetic and computer science. He once worked as a software engineer for The United Space Alliance and believes that science is nothing less than spirituality in disguise.
Across the King's River will be directed by Emmy Award winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson and goes into production in spring 2012. The title of the film comes from a Yoruba axiom that is frequently used when one has something tricky to do or say.
"The proverb suggests that a higher force has sent you on a mission that must definitely be satisfied at any price - no excuses and no going back. It's more than a proverb. It?s a way of life" Weeks explains.
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