Fornits
General Interest => Open Free for All => Topic started by: Anonymous on December 19, 2009, 01:03:55 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IECY-K3Fog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IECY-K3Fog)
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Reminds me of Hyde School's road show in the old days, "America's Spirit." Ouch.
"Up With People" was founded in the mid 1960s by J. Blanton Belk who was then also executive director of the Moral Re-Armament organization, previously known as the Oxford Group. In addition to their influence in the origins of AA, MRA also had ties with Abraham Vereide (http://http://www.fornits.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=29329), founder of The Fellowship (the National Prayer Breakfast folk).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_with_People (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_with_People)
The documentary film Smile 'Til It Hurts: The Up with People Story [1][2] premiered at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival. It is an unofficial documentary history of the organization. The film was directed by Lee Storey who is married to early alumnus William Storey.
The film documents the troupe's history from its origins within Moral Re-Armament and the Sing-Out groups. It further shows that the musical group had roots in a religious cult and right wing politics; intended to counter the hippie subculture. The rules of the troupe included arranged marriages. The troupe was funded by corporate entities including Halliburton, General Motors, Exxon, and Searle. It covers the evolution of the organization from its very beginnings in the late 1950s throughout its successful years of the 1980s and subsequent decline.[3]
Reviews have noted that while a critique of the organization, the film has also shown respect for those who were involved and demonstrated their good intentions.[4][/list]
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Re-Armament (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Re-Armament)
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I can't a site or a torrent for this movie. Just clips on youtube. WOW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaLT1GFNYOc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaLT1GFNYOc)