Being in the World DVD

Being in the World won Best Documentary at the 2010 Vail Film Festival, won the Audience Award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival, and was an Official Selection at the Berkeley Film Festival in 2010. Now, this documentary comes to DVD from Alive Mind Cinema, with a street date of October 9th, and a SRP of $29.95.

Ten years after graduating with a degree in Philosophy from UC Berkeley, filmmaker Tao Ruspoli returned to visit his one-time professor, world-renowned philosopher Hubert Dreyfus. 

That visit led to meetings with a whole generation of philosophers whom Dreyfus had taught, which subsequently sparked the inspiration for this film.

Inspired by the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Being in the World raises the question of whether we have forgotten what it means to be authentic in today's technological age, and proceeds to answer this question by taking a journey around the world to meet a whole host of remarkable individuals, including Manuel Molina, the legendary poet and flamenco master; Leah Chase, affectionately known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine; and Hiroshi Sakaguchi, a master carpenter from Japan.

By showing how these modern day masters approach life from within their chosen fields, Ruspoli's film celebrates the ability of human beings to find meaning in the world through the mastery of physical, intellectual, and creative skills.

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