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The ACADEMi of Life is thrilled that February 11, 2012 has been declared 'World Happy Day' because it is our fundamental belief that people should be happy... it's our divine right!

On this day thousands of people will join together in communities across the globe to experience the award-winning film HAPPY and begin their journeys toward healthier and happier lives.

Everyday life is so frantic and full of challenges that we have forgotten how to live a joyful life.... It's time for Happiness! Ponder this: Does money make you HAPPY? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution?

Academy Award® nominated director, Roko Belic, director brings us HAPPY, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Taking us from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.

Join us for this exclusive screening of I AM: a movie about restoring faith in human nature – waking up to the miracle of who you are! A dialogue will follow the screening.

'I wish everyone could see this film. I wish everyone would HEAR this film.'

-Jo O'Connell

I AM is an uplifting and magical film that asks: what's wrong with our world and what can we do about it? The answers are profound and challenge our ideas about human nature.

The filmmaker of I AM is Tom Shadyac (the director of blockbuster films like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor) who seemed to have it all-big houses, fancy cars and private planes. But when a cycling accident left him incapacitated, he set out on a journey to answer those questions.

On his journey, he discovered what's right with the world... our inherent nature for cooperation not competition and the simple yet significant universal truth: We are all connected –connected to each other and to everything around us.

What is our current relationship to money? Can we use the opportunity of the current economic crisis to heal our relationship with money and re-discover true wealth?

In a culture increasingly governed by money and over-saturated with stuff, our lives have become more and more devoted to the cycle of production and consumption that is required to keep the economy growing. How long can it last? And what is the cost to our social well being, to our psychological and spiritual health?

Money & Life is a story of transformation based on a new route to wealth. It invites us to meet the challenge of our time: to participate in the great transition to a sustainable, equitable and restorative economy that meets the needs and realities of the 21st century. A reset... a new normal!

Money & Life was directed, produced and edited by Katie Teague an independent documentary filmmaker working in the growing field of transformational media. She founded StormCloud Media for the sole purpose of bringing inspirational educational media to the social change process.