This is a powerful documentary about an extraordinary woman. At age 44, Mildred Norman left her life circumstances and became Peace Pilgrim -- walking coast to coast for peace for nearly 30 years, living on faith and sharing her wisdom and exhuberance generously with people across the land. This 60-minute documentary is a poetic and musical exploration of her life and message, which is as relevant today as ever. Also included are interviews with Dalai Lama, Maya Angelou, John Robbins, Elizabeth Kubler Ross, and many of Peace Pilgrim's friends, admirers, and relatives, along with newsreel footage from the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's, when Peace was on her walk for peace.

In harmony with Peace Pilgrim's non-covetous ways, the Friends of Peace Pilgrim Foundation's all-volunteer crew has been publishing and offering an abundance of materials by and about Peace Pilgrim for decades, including her classic "In Her Own Words" (which you can also read online HERE) and this video documentary -- all materials are offered without charge, although of course it is donations that help keep this offering possible. This video is narrated by Reverend Michael Beckwith.

You can find more information or order a copy of this video from:

www.peacepilgrim.org

Shantipuri Friends Foundation: Giving
Children in India a Brighter Future

Produced, Scripted, and Edited by Sharon Janis

Friends of Joshua Orphan Care in Malawi

Produced, Scripted, and Edited by Sharon Janis

Odissi Dancing by Students in San Diego

Produced, filmed, and edited by Sharon Janis

"Give Me Maa": A Tribute to the
Divine Mother of all Traditions

Produced and edited by Sharon Janis

The Faces of CalWORKs

What One Man Can Do:
For The Hunger Project

Produced, scripted and edited by Night Lotus Productions

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This video honors Raul Julia's work with The Hunger Project, and powerfully shows why he was so emphatic, enthusiastic, and dedicated to the vision of ending hunger on this planet.

Purna Das: The King of Bauls

Camera, scripting, editing, and voiceover by Sharon Janis

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The Bauls of Bengal are a tradition of religious minstrels whose songs of joy, love, and longing for mystical union with the Divine evoke a profound spirituality. Purna Das and his son Dibyendu Das, representing the 8th and 9th generations of a traditional and well-known Baul lineage, are featured in this 23-minute long video, offering their ecstatic and colorful music, and explaining the sublime nature of Baul.

"Real People, Real Healthcare Needs"
For President Obama's OFA

Scripted and edited by Sharon Janis

Previously Produced Video Works:

Love Believes All:
Happy New Year from California

Co-produced and edited by Sharon Janis

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This video was an offering by the California devotees of Siddha Yoga for one of SYDA Foundation's New Years worldwide satellite celebrations -- it was filmed up and down the coast, with a yacht, flags from around the world, a helicoptor, Disneyland parade, cable cars, and hot air balloons, along with children singing a beautiful song based on 1 Corinthians: "Love is patient, love is kind, slow to anger, knows not mine."

Sharon first learned her editing, producing, and scriptwriting skills while serving for a decade in Siddha Yoga's monastic ashram (SYDA Foundation) in upstate New York.

Go Go Power Rangers! The Music Video

Co-directed and edited by Sharon Janis

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Now you can't say that the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers was not an inspired show! It was the number one children's program around the globe for several years in the 1990's. Sharon Janis was an editor for the show, and also created this music video for Top of the Pop's.   This video was produced by Simon Cowell while he was living in his parents' house due to financial lack, and it was his first great success as this video propelled the song to the Top of the Pops.

CLICK HERE to read Simon Cowell's autobiography pages about this time

News Features from Disney's KCAL
Prime Nine News, Los Angeles

Produced and edited by Sharon Janis

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This is a montage of video clips that were produced and edited in the early 1990's for Disney's KCAL-TV in Los Angeles. This was Sharon's first full-time job after spending 10 years living a monastic life, and these pieces show how, with spiritual focus, even so-called tragic events can have great depth of meaning and beauty -- God's creation in action right here on earth.

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More videos to view from this time:

Fire in the City (emmy nominated piece about the L.A. riots)

(watch Fire in the City at Google Video)

Let's be Thankful (emmy nominated piece for Thanksgiving)

Line in the Sand (emmy nominated piece about 1st Gulf war)

(watch Line in the Sand at Google Video)

Troops Come Home (Bette Midler Wind Beneath My Wings)

(watch Troops Come Home at Google Video)

 

I was also hired to train NBC Network's promo producers on the nonlinear AVID editing system, and to edit the national television promos for many "Must See TV" NBC Shows, including "Seinfeld," "Mad About You," and "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."

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X-Men Animated Television Show

Associate-produced and edited by Sharon Janis

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This is a clip from the X-Men television show, which includes a cameo by an animated Sharon Janis with her well-rehearsed lines, "Oh come on, a demon? You must be kidding!" Turns out it was not a demon but just Nightcrawler taking refuge in a monastery, but that's another story.  Sharon was editor and associated producer for this show for two years.

Beretta's Island

Sharon Janis was the Coproducer and Film Editor of the Feature Film "Beretta's Island" with Franco Columbu and his best friend Arnold Schwarzenegger

Watch a trailer for this (not so uplifting) film

Other Television Shows, Film, and Video Pieces
produced and/or edited by Sharon Janis include:

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• Real People, Real Healthcare Needs (For President Obama's OFA initiative)
• Candid Camera with Alan Funt
• Disney's KCAL Prime Nine News
• Muktabodha's Swami Muktananda Vedashala Brahmin School
• The PRASAD Project
• Television promos for NBC network, including "Seinfeld," "Mad About You," and "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
• Desert to the Sea -- a music video with T.G. Shepard
• Convention Video for Amgen Pharmaceutical
• Music Video for Sony Playstation game "The Con"
• New campaign music video for Chevrolet
• Happy presentation video for Del Webb retirement homes
• Charitable work of Pizza Hut
• Om Namah Shivaya - a chanting music video of Krishnadas
• Yoga is for Everyone Documentary
• Financial Education documentary from HUD and the Federal Reserve
• A very simple video of Shiva Vishnu temple's Shivaratri celebration
• Instructional Documentary on Research Ethics for the National Institute of Mental Health
• SYDA Foundation's spirituality-based documentary and educational videos
• Red Planet - an animated series for children
• Hard Copy (TV show)
• Commercials and training videos for: Disney, Infiniti, Bergen Brunswig, Electronics Boutique, McNeil, MOCA, Gensia, Allstate, Heil Brice, and many others

CLICK HERE to contact Sharon and Night Lotus Productions

for your personal, social, business or other project