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The Unruly Mystic: John Muir

The Unruly Mystic: John Muir explores the remarkable life and influential work of America’s first environmental activist. Lively discussions on Muir’s life and his unique spirituality, California’s pioneering ecological preservationist and founder of Yosemite National Park, serve as catalysts for great outdoors exploration and how it impacts the lives of people today.

By all standards, Muir was a mystic, prophet, author, poet, conservationist, radical, all of which helped him succeed as a nature advocate. As America’s father of climatology, Muir dedicated his life to protecting the natural settings he loved which remain preserved to this day.

Muir’s writings profoundly shaped how we understand our relationship with the natural world. His work stands as a personal outdoor guide for nature lovers worldwide.

With carefully crafted interviews and stunning outdoor cinematography by Michael Conti, noted psychiatrists, therapists, theologians, writers, and others discuss their relationship with nature and the transformative effect it has had on their lives.

  • Michael Conti
    Director
    The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard
  • Michael Conti
    Writer
    The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard
  • Heather Boyle
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Genres:
    nature, biography, inspirational, spiritual
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 23, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    69,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No

  • United States
Director Biography - Michael Conti

The Unruly Mystic: A film series on those Who Woke Us Up by Crazy Wisdom Films with Michael Conti Productions LLC, explore the wellness and spiritual connection to creativity, nature and science. These films are carefully curated around each subject theme, and produced to find the insightful stories of today’s modern mystics, to explore and engage the viewers with an experiential journey through the visual craft of film.

These inspiring documentaries from international filmmaker, Michael M. Conti, focus on the older and also upcoming unruly mystics that walk among us. These non-fiction personal narrative films inspire audiences through the filmmaker’s eyes to the stories of people living their own lives as mystics, artists, theologians, thinkers and writers.

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Director Statement

Every generation when finding its own voice also rediscovers the teachers, mystics, geniuses, misfits, rebels, troublemakers from the past. These films are the filmmaker’s gifts to remind us of those previous unruly mystics who stood strong, brave, open and everlasting awake, and who continue to inspire and challenge the status quo.