“It's also important that I, or [Producer] Karen Pritzker, also say that this film [ "Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope"] is not going to singlehandedly solve crime and poverty, or make big changes.” ImportantBigsFilmPovertyCrimeStressSolveResilienceProducersBiologyBig Changes Author:James Redford
“What my previous film 'Paper Tigers' have proven, is that it can point toward helpful tools for change.” FilmPaperToolsHelpfulProvenTigers Author:James Redford
“Our aim in the film ['Resilience'] is to make people understand that resilience is something you can create, build or develop, rather than just having as an inherent gift organically or thinking you are a special person. That's really important.” PeopleThinkingPersonsImportantFilmSpecialAimResilienceInherent Author:James Redford
“Through what I have witnessed and documented, with proper interventions you can break those cycles. When I made the first film on this subject, 'Paper Tigers,' kids were going off the cliff. But then there was intervention, and they won't go off the cliff.” FirstsMadeKidsFilmBreakSubjectsPaperCyclesTigersInterventionCliffs Author:James Redford
“There is a wonderful documentary called 'A Room to Breathe,' where a school brought in a TM instructor, to try and establish a better classroom environment, and the results and transformations were profound. It's impossible to ignore, and we make some passing references in my film, but 'A Room to Breathe' is a closer look at just how powerful meditation can be.” TryingLooksSchoolFilmRoomsResultsPowerfulEnvironmentMeditationWonderfulImpossibleTransformationProfoundBreathePassingPassingsClassroomDocumentariesInstructors Author:James Redford
“In documentary films, being able to be a storytelling and embrace film as an art form - while being very clearly connected in trying to help make the world a better place - is really important to me.” WorldTryingArtImportantHelpingAbleFilmFormEmbraceConnectedStorytellingDocumentariesBetter PlaceDocumentary Films Author:James Redford
