THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS
CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
PITCH NATION
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THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS
(Coming June 2009)
CAST & CREW:
Director: Patrick Shen
Producers: Patrick Shen, Greg Bennick
Associate Producers: Scott Shamansky, Nicole Wright
SYNOPSIS:
In his quest to explore how we should best live, Socrates would often ask his fellow citizens, "What is the good life?" In America, more than fifteen hundred years later, a third of the population is clinically depressed, the suicide rate is at an all-time high, and kids are shooting their classmates. Moreover, it seems that much of the current destruction and misdirection in the world is being caused by our best-educated and most "qualified" citizens. Who do we turn to for guidance during these trying times? What is the answer to Socrates' age-old question "what is the good life?" and is anyone even asking anymore?
From the producers of the multiple-award winning Flight from Death comes The Philosopher Kings, a documentary film about the kind of wisdom that gets you through the day - the wisdom that comes from surviving hard times, lost loves, shattered dreams, and bad choices. To shed light on this matter, The Philosopher Kings goes deep into our nation's most well-respected and prestigious universities to seek wisdom from the people who see it all and have been through it all - the janitorial staff. Set against the backdrop of young people yearning for knowledge to carry them through their lives, the film explores the wisdom that only living life can bring.
"A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study." ~Chinese Proverb
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