TM Launches Redesigned Website for The Philosopher Kings

Transcendental Media is pleased to announce the launch of The Philosopher Kings’ newly redesigned website. Our online home for the ground-breaking documentary that explores common wisdom from the perspective of extraordinary custodians working at prestigious universities, now hosts stunning new features and content. You’re invited to meet the compelling members of our cast who narrate their stories that are interwoven throughout the film in the “Meet the Cast” section. The Philosopher Kings trailer is available for download in multiple formats so it can be played on various devices and platforms, and we offer code to display the trailer on your site. Other downloads and media are now available, and more will be coming in the near future. So please pay our new site a visit, be sure to sign up for email updates to stay informed on the progress of the film, and keep coming back to check for new content and features.

TM's Award-winning Footage Available on Shutterstock.com

We've shot hundreds of hours of footage all over the globe and we've got so much footage we don't know what to do with it all. For the first time, we've opened up the TM archives to documentary filmmakers, TV networks, and multimedia producers around the world making our award-winning footage available exclusively on Shutterstock.com, one of the leading online stock footage sites. From cemeteries of the world to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, our crack team of interns are constantly scouring our archives for great images to offer. Visit footage.transcendfilms.com to check out our gallery.

The Legacy Project to be Distributed Worldwide

Transcendental Media has recently signed a deal with Octapixx Worldwide to distribute The Legacy Project, Transcendental Media's television documentary series which will examine regions of the world plagued by a history of violence and what lessons can be gleaned from that legacy as those communities look to the future. Octapixx, an international sales agent whose programs appear regularly on The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, PBS, and The National Geographic Channel, to name a few, will be presenting The Legacy Project to their network of broadcasters all over the world. The Legacy Project: Poland is currently in post-production while TLP: South Africa, which will begin filming in June 2008, is currently in pre-production.

TM is a movement

For us at TM, making films is not just the business we are in, but an exercise in being human and interacting with the world. We like to think of Transcendental Media as a movement comprised of individuals, inside and outside the walls of TM, committed, above all else, to honest filmmaking and who have come together to impact people with their art. Since the release of Flight from Death two years ago, we experienced some incredible growth in which we found ourselves hiring more and more staff, and renting larger and larger office spaces. We were well on our way to becoming a mini media empire. However, what we would eventually learn, is that the danger of growth is becoming disillusioned by that growth and losing focus on what it is that one first sets out to do.

It's a common struggle of artists everywhere - the balance of art and commerce. After all, how can one pursue his passions with no regard to how he will feed himself, let alone his family? In fact, isn't the balance of pursuing one's passions and feeding oneself a struggle common among all people? The mechanics of culture as we know it would crumble if we all began to feed our creative impulses to live and think differently. The unknown is whether or not we and our culture would survive the crumbling. We say, let's find out.