Dying to Know

Book Launch Event at Collected Works in Santa Fe

I’m happy to announce the launch of the book based on my film, Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary.  

We always see films that are made from books.  So why did we make a book from a film?
The consistent thirst for the film prompted the Love Serve Remember Foundation and myself to create this book. We wanted to extend and illuminate the insights revealed by these iconic beings contemplating our greatest mystery, death.  This just published, book provides a touchstone to more fully absorb the wisdom of the film, including new images and rare photographs.  The book also provides an extensive list of resources for further contemplation.  
And if you are contemplating a unique holiday gift perhaps this might be it?!?

Please join us for an in-store event ay Collected Works, December 8 at 4:30 and live-streamed to Zoom, register here for Zoom.

You can pre-purchase Dying to Know ($24.99, hardcover) from Collected Works online here or by calling the store to order (505) 988-4226. Signed copies will be available after the event.

We will also be offering a link to stream the film with a purchase of the book. https://dyingtoknowmovie.com

Please share this invitation if you are so inclined.  We hope to see you at Collected Works on December 8!

Deep bow to all,  

Gay

Posted on 30th Nov

​Dying to Know Book Released!

The Dying to Know Book has been released!

Dying to Know

RAM DASS & TIMOTHY LEARY: THE EPIC FRIENDSHIP THAT SHAPED GENERATIONS

Edited by Parvati Markus
Foreword by Gay Dillingham

Purchase Here

Available for purchase now from Collected Works in Santa Fe.

A note from Gay Dillingham

I’m happy to announce the launch of the book based on my film, Dying to Know:Ram Dass & Timothy Leary.  

We always see films that are made from books.  So why did we make a book from a film?
The consistent thirst for the film prompted the Love Serve Remember Foundation and myself to create this book. We wanted to extend and illuminate the insights revealed by these iconic beings contemplating our greatest mystery, death.  This just published, book provides a touchstone to more fully absorb the wisdom of the film, including new images and rare photographs.  The book also provides an extensive list of resources for further contemplation.  
And if you are contemplating a unique holiday gift perhaps this might be it?!?

Praise and Reviews

"An extraordinary story well told." –STING 

"A historical document chronicling two majestic lives." –JEFF BRIDGES 

"An important slice of countercultural history. Peppered with poignant wit, inspiring boomers and millennials alike." –PAUL KRASSNER

Posted on 29th Nov

Filmmaker Gay Dillingham on the Richard Eeds Show

Listen to a new interview with the filmmaker Gay Dillingham on the Richard Eeds show. Gay discusses the process of creating the new book based on her renowned documentary film. 

Listen Here

About the Richard Eeds Show:

A unique and rational voice with opinions on a wide variety of subjects, Richard Eeds focuses on the issues impacting Santa Fe and the rest of the globe. Airing weekday afternoons from 1 pm to 5 pm, the show features leaders from the political, business and cultural realm, as well as listener calls, centering on news, politics, education and general topics of interest, especially to Santa Feans.

Posted on 25th Nov

Never Before Seen Bonus Footage Released!

Are you Dying to See the footage we could not fit in the 90 minute feature film?  You can now experience over 2 hours of curated extras from our many hours of original interviews recorded between 1995-2013.

The bonus footage begins with some heartfelt shenanigans of TIMOTHY LEARY and RAM DASS’s last recorded session together in 1995 – you will get a kick out of this material! Then our journey continues chronologically with Ram Dass after Tim’s death as he reflects on Tim, the times and his own death. This extra footage includes more highlights from our cast of characters:  DR. ANDREW WEIL, ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX, JOANNA HARCOURT-SMITH, LAMA TSULTRIM ALLIONE, ZACH LEARY and HUSTON SMITH. If you felt moved and open to the mystery of life and death by the feature film, these extended interviews will expand upon that experience, while putting a smile on your face.

Posted on 3rd Feb

Now Available to Rent or Buy!

After 2 years of lively community engagement in theaters around the country, Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary is now available for streaming or DVD purchase. The DVD/Blu-ray has 100 minutes of never before seen bonus content, including extra footage of Dr. Andrew Weil and Roshi Joan Halifax, Huston Smith, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Joanna Harcourt Smith, and Zach Leary. I hope you can see it and we will be Dying to Know what you think/feel! <3

Streaming: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dyingtoknowmovie
DVD/Blu-ray: http://dyingtoknowmovie.com/store
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Know-Dass.../dp/B071VCR8S8

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/dying-to-know-ram-d…/id122896842

Posted on 15th Jun

The Psychdelia Podcast: Interview with Gay Dillngham

On this episode of the Psychedelia Podcast, we speak to Gay Dillingham: filmmaker, environmentalist and producer. Gay has just released a film 20 years in the making, “Dying to Know”, a documentary about the relationship between two of the most influential people in the history of modern psychedelics, Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (or Ram Dass). The film brings us to face with the taboo of death and how the psychedelic experience can help our society come to terms with mortality. Here, Gay discusses the making of the film, along with her own encounters with death and tragedy, and how psychedelics could begin to change the way we view mortality.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Posted on 16th Mar

Gathr is now Dying to Know!

We're so pleased to announce that "Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" is now available to be seen "Theatrical On Demand" via the Gathr platform.

What is Theatrical on Demand?

Theatrical On Demand® allows individuals like you the opportunity to organize and promote Dying To Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary in movie theaters across the country. With Theatrical On Demand®, you can bring the film you want to see play in your local movie theater.
It is easy. You just pick the date, time, and theater where you want to host your screening. Gathr Films will set everything up for you. It doesn't cost you anything to host a Theatrical On Demand screening. You don’t have to pay any screening room rental or exhibition fee. All you have to do is promote the film and get people to reserve tickets.

Visit Our Gathr Page to Learn More

If you just want to see DTK in theaters again or missed it the first time around but aren't interested in hosting a screening visit the same link above and check to see if a Gathr screening is happening in your community.

Thank you for helping to keep the conversation going and thank you to Gathr for providing this amazing platform to make it happen.

Posted on 23rd Feb

HOURS TO GO!

Helps us reach our goal over at Indiegogo!

Posted on 6th Feb

Hang out with Be Here Now!

We all love "Be Here Now" - Ram Dass's seminal book that started the whole thing! Head on over to igg.me/at/dyingtoknow to show your love for Dying To Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary while also picking up a Be Here Now wall clock or SIGNED copy of the book itself. Yes, it's signed by Ram Dass!

Thank you for your support! We're getting to our goal!

Posted on 11th Jan

Dying to Know on Gathr - Bring DTK to a town near you!

Friends who are Dying To Know,

We are excited to announce that Dying to Know is now part of the Gathr platform. That means that you can become a local DTK captain and host a screening in your city or town. Click on the link below for details!

This is a great way to ignite community engagement and to get involved with this films movement.

http://gathr.us/films/dying-to-know

Posted on 2nd Jan

Crowd Fund Is Now Live - get your DTK streams in days!

Dear friends who are Dying to Know,

We are excited to finally be launching our Indiegogo campaign for “Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary”. And YAHOO - your contributions are charitable tax deductible!

Through this campaign you can now get a preview digital stream of the feature length film instead of waiting until it is digitally available next year. It makes a great gift! We are also offering some other really cool rewards so check it out. Why are we doing a crowd fund now you ask? Head on over to: igg.me/at/dyingtoknow to find out and to check out all the perks!

With love & eternal gratitude- Gay

Posted on 13th Dec

Seattle Q&A - join the discussion!

Opening weekend in Seattle is sure to be amazing at the SIFF Cinema Uptown.

Visit the SIFF site for showtimes and tickets by CLICKING HERE

Opening weekend will have producer/director Gay Dillingham on hand starting on Saturday. Check back soon for future updates.

Posted on 21st Sep

Opening Weekend in Seattle!

Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary is ONLY in theaters and just finished an incredible and improbable run in New York City at the Landmark Sunshine Theater. Packed houses, great after parties and exciting post show discussions made NYC one of the great experiences this film has seen so far.

Post show Q&A discussions included our own Gay Dillingham & special guests from New York University research team studying psilocybin for end of life anxiety & addiction (Stephen Ross, MD; Anthony Bossis, Ph D; Jeffrey Guss, MD), Drug Policy Alliance, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, End of Life Choices New York and renown meditation teacher, Sharon Salzberg.

"Tender and Electric" - The Village Voice

We're thrilled to bring the film back West Coast for it's Seattle premiere at the SIFF Film Center starting on September 23rd. There will be special engagements with the film makers and the conscious community so be sure check the Dying to Know website for details.

The opening weekend theater and showtime information is as follows:

SIFF Cinema Uptown

511 Queen Anne Avenue N

Seattle, WA 98109

Opening weekend showtimes with Q&As are:

Friday, Sept 23 - 4:30 and 7:00

Saturday, Sept 24 - 4:30 and 7:00 (Both with Q&A)

Sunday, Sept 25 - 2:00, 4:30 (Both with Q&A)

Posted on 14th Sep

New York City Landmark Sunshine Q&A schedule!

Please check back frequently as there may be changes to this schedule.

This is the opening week post show Q&A community engagement schedule. All of these will take place at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema on Houston Street.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

Friday 8/26 5:15 p.m.

Producer/Director Gay Dillingham with special guest

Amy Cunningham, Open Center's Integrative Thanatology Lecturer / Green Funeral Director

Friday 8/26 7:40 p.m.

Producer/Director Gay Dillingham with special guest

Anthony Bossis, Project Director, NYU Psilocybin Religious Leader Project

Saturday 8/27 5:15 p.m.

Producer/Director Gay Dillingham with special guest

Sharon Salzberg, New York Times best selling author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practices in the West. In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.

Saturday 8/27 7:40 p.m.

Producer/Director Gay Dillingham with special guest

Jeffrey Guss, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry NYU School of Medicine

Sunday 8/28 2:50 p.m.

Producer/Director Gay Dillingham with special guest

Laurie Leonard, Executive Director, End of Life Choices

Sunday 8/28 5:15 p.m.

Producer/Director Gay Dillingham with special guest

Lex Pelger, Writer, scientist & Shulginist / Host of Psymposia | Lecturer on psychoactive science & history

Sunday 8/28 7:40p.m.

Producer/Director Gay Dillingham with special guest

Leland Radovanovic, SSDP Chapter Leader at the City University of New York

Tuesday 8/30 7:40 p.m.

Producer/Director Gay Dillingham with special guest

Jag Davis, Director of Communications Strategy, Drug Policy Alliance

Posted on 24th Aug

Chicago opens this weekend!!

Friends - Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary opens this Friday night in Chicago! August 19th!

This is our Chicago premier of the film. We're really excited to bring the revolution to this part of the country.

See the film that Kenneth Turan from the LA times calls "An admiring, even loving celebration of these two men”

It will be playing at the Gene Siskel theater with multiple show times per day.

Visit their website to purchase tickets and to get showtimes!

Posted on 17th Aug

New Dates including New York and Chicago!

Lots of exciting news! Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary is taking it's show on the road and spreading across America!

We're really excited that we're going to be in so many great American cities soon. Check out these dates!

Check back soon for announcements on special post show Q&A screenings and speakers.

Hudson, NY - Time and Space Theater - 7/21-23, 7/28-31, 8/6-7, 8/13

Anchorage, AK - Bear Tooth TheaterPub - Single Show on 7/25

Bellingham, WA - The Limelight - 8/5

Huntington, NY - The CAC - single show on 8/11

Chicago, IL - The Gene Siskel Theater - 8/19

New York, NY - The Landmark Sunshine - 8/26

Norfolk, VA - The Naro Theater - single show on 8/31

Columbus, OH - The Getaway - 9/2

Lincoln, NE - Mary Riepma Ross - 9/16

Seattle, WA - SIFF Film Center - 9/23

Glouster, MA - Cape Anne - single show on 10/2

Posted on 18th Jul

Abramorama and Dying To Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary - a new partnership.

IndieWire covered the whole story - CLICK HERE TO READ IT

We're excited to forge towards the future partnering with Abramorama to expand the revolution and to take Dying to Know to a city near you!

Posted on 15th Jul

Southern California Screenings and Information.

LA Friends - please help spread the word that our weekend morning screenings for "Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" will continue in Santa Monica, Pasadena and Claremont!

So far, word of mouth is starting to spread that this is an entertaining, informative and unique way to start your day in the greater Los Angeles area. Who doesn't like breakfast and a movie?

Please be sure to Laemmle website for up to minute times.

Santa Monica - Laemmle Monica

Saturday and Sundays at 10:15 am - special Q&A speakers on both days

Pasadena - Laemmle Playhouse 7

Saturday and Sundays at 11:00 am - special Q&A speakers on both days

Claremont - Laemmle Claremont 5

Saturday and Sundays at 11:00 am

Posted on 13th Jul

July 4th Weekend - Screenings in Southern California!

We just completed our two week run at the Laemmle Royal in West LA and we are so thrilled that so many of you came out to support Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary in Los Angeles. We had so many great evenings with special guests, great community dialogue, valuable feedback and overall confirmation that the movement is alive and well!

The bad news is that our run at the Royal is over but the good news is that we're still in Souther California and are pleased to announce that the Laemmle Monica will be adding us to their morning show schedule.

What better way to show your support for Americas independence by taking in this uniquely American cosmic buddy story!

For the holiday weekend the schedule looks like this:

Santa Monica - Laemmle Monica

July 2, 3 and 4th at 10:15 am (2nd and 3rd will have Zach Leary doing post show Q&A)

Pasadena - Laemmle Playhouse 7

July 2, 3 and 4th at 11:00 am (James Penner and Michael Donnelly doing post show Q&A)

Claremont - Laemmle Claremont 5

July 2, 3 and 4th at 11:00 am

GET YOUR TICKETS BY CLICKING HERE

Posted on 1st Jul

Updated Speaker Schedule for the LA Run! (as of 6/24)

We're thrilled to be off to such strong start in Los Angeles! We've had amazing Q&As with outstanding thought leaders like Duncan Trussell, Charlie Grob, Taryn Southern, Gay Dillingham, Lynne Lyman and so many more!

We're thrilled to be continuing the cultural conversation with these amazing people.

Please note: all Royal Q&As are after the 7:20 pm show

Friday, June 24th - Tao Ruspoli and Alan Kozlowski (producers and crew from DTK)

Saturday, June 25th - Phil Goldberg, author of America Veda.

Check out Phils bio

Sunday, June 26th - Rev. Olivia Bareham, founder of Sacred Crossings

To learn more about Olivia and Sacred Crossing CLICK HERE

Wednesday, June 29th - Steve Postell, composer of the DTK score

Laemmle Pasadena Playhouse 7

Showing on Saturday and Sundays at 11 am

Michael Donnelly - co-producer will be doing Q&A for both dates

Tickets for ALL shows can be BOUGHT HERE

Posted on 18th Jun

Opening weekend in Los Angeles! Speaker info too!

We're so pleased to announce that our opening weekend in Los Angeles is fast approaching and that we have these insanely brilliant special guests on hand to help us out. They will be available for the post show Q&A on each of the dates indicated after the 7:10 p.m. show.

Friday, June 17th - Duncan Trussell, host of the wildly popular Duncan Trussell Family Hour

Check out the Duncan Trussell Family Hour

Saturday, June 18th - Dr. Charlie Grob, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA

More information on Dr. Grob

Sunday, June 19th - Taryn Southern, writer/producer/content creator and YouTube starlet genius

Check out all the amazing stuff Taryn is doing

These shows will sell out so buy your tickets early by clicking here

Posted on 6th Jun

Los Angeles, it's getting warmer.

After months of preparation and anticipation, "Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" is coming to Los Angeles on June 17th. The film will be playing at the Laemlle Royal in West LA. Opening weekend will have a variety of special engagement Q&As with film maker Gay Dillingham, Duncan Trussell, Dr. Charlie Grob, Matt Neil from MAPS and Zach Leary.

Please check back soon for details on when these time slots will be announced.

Thank you so much. We're really excited to be coming into Los Angeles!

Posted on 20th May

Thank you Boulder!!

Thank you Boulder for making our run incredible! We sold out every seat for every screening and we're so grateful! Wow!

Because of that we're coming back for six more screenings on May 4 - May 7!

Click here to buy tickets!

Posted on 4th Apr

Boulder? Are you ready?

Boulder? Are you ready of us?

"Dying to Know - Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" is just two weeks away from opening in Boulder, CO!

March 29th - we'll be at the internationally acclaimed Naropa University. Please click here to buy tickets

March 30th - we open at the Dairy Arts Center, Please click here to buy tickets

Please check back soon as there will be special post show Q&A sessions with the film makers and special guests

Posted on 17th Mar

Coming Soon to Boulder, CO!!

We're excited to announce that the trip keeps happening and will soon be rolling into Boulder, Colorado. Not only is Boulder Gay Dillingham's home town but it's also an epicenter of many historic events that helped blaze the trail for the alternative consciousness movement.

In 1974 Ram Dass put on some of his post cherished talks of his career based on the devotional path, seva and using the Bhagavad Gita as a mirror for ones own life and process. The talks were so good that they made their way into two released forms. One, as a 12 hour audio set called "Love, Service, Devotion" and two, as a book called "Paths to God" - for any Ram Dass fan these are essential ingredients in getting closer to Ram Dass in what was arguably him at his peak state. These talks were in partnership with the founder of Naropa, Trungpa Rinposhe.

Also, throughout the years Timothy Leary found Boulder to be a great vortex of like minded individuals that allowed him to stretch out and really make it one of his "home bases" on the touring road. Check out this great lecture from'83.

Our journey will look like this:

March 29th - a special single screening at the Naropa Institute. More information and ticketing links will be provided shortly so be sure to check back.

March 30th - we'll then move over to the Dairy Arts Center for a theatrical run.

Be sure to check back for ticketing links and post show speaker Q&A information!

Posted on 3rd Mar

Out Now In Minneapolis!

Minneapolis friends! Come see us at the St. Anthony Main Theater.

Click here to buy tickets

Posted on 19th Feb

Scenes from The Walker Art Center!

The legendary and influential Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is having us tonight! Gay Dillingham is on hand to represent the madness!

Here are some great things that came about all ready!

A great Q and A that went into some interesting places:

http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/

Posted on 13th Feb

Minneapolis! It's All Happening.

For more information on The Walker click here

For more information on St. Anthony Main Theater click here

Posted on 10th Feb

Arizona loves Dying to Know!

Thank you Arizona for making "Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" so incredibly successful and well received!

We're still playing at the Mary D Fisher Theater in Sedona until Thursday 2/5:

Click here for tickets

And we've been held over at the Loft Cinema in Tucson:

Click here for tickets

Posted on 2nd Feb

Andrew Weil, MD and Gay Dillingham in Tucson on Jan 29th!

We're really pleased to announce that both Andrew Weil and Gay Dillingham will be on hand for the post show Q and A on January 29th in Tucson! This is opening night so be sure to get your tickets early as this will fill up fast!

https://loftcinema.com

Posted on 25th Jan

Coming to Minneapolis!

We're excited to announce that in addition to the Winter dates already posted we're also extending into Minneapolis at the St. Anthony Main Theatre

http://www.stanthonymaintheatre.com

If you're in the Minneapolis or St. Paul area this will be your chance to see "Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary"

Buy a ticket and take the trip!

Posted on 7th Jan

New Winter Dates announced!

Friends - we're excited to announce that we have many new dates for early 2016.

"Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" will be showing in Boulder, Tucson and Sedona on a theatrical basis. There will also be special engagement showings in Minneapolis and Boulder that will include post show Q and A with Gay Dillingham and Andy Weil (Tuscon only).

Check our "Showtimes" section for more details and ticketing links!

Posted on 21st Dec

Screenings and Showtimes?

Friends,

A lot of you have written about when and where "Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" will be coming to your town. We appreciate all of your enthusiastic emails and Facebook messages! We are actively working on an aggressive 2016 release schedule that will cover the remainder of the US where we haven't shown as well as a DVD and streaming release.

We've chosen this grass roots approach to releasing the film in order to get all of our friends in each community actively involved with the films message and history. By doing it this way we know that the release schedule is a little slower than many of us our used to. We ask for your patience and continued excitement as we continue to bring "Dying to Know" to a town near you!

Thank you!

The Dying to Know Team

Posted on 30th Nov

Thank you Oregon!

Thank you good people of Oregon for making our run successful in Portland and Corvallis! More pics and videos coming soon!

Stay tuned for more information and additional updates on additional DTK dates in new locations.

Posted on 20th Nov

Final 2 Days in Oregon!

Oregonian friends! Thank you so much for making our run in Oregon successful. The people in Portland and Corvallis have been incredible.

"Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" will be ending it's Oregon run on Thursday November 19, 2015. Tell your friends if you haven't already.

Portland:

http://cinema21.com

Corvallis:

http://darksidecinema.com

Posted on 18th Nov

Opening November 13th in Corvallis!

For Showtimes and Tickets please visit:

http://darksidecinema.com

Posted on 13th Nov

Held Over in Portland!

We're really pleased to announce that Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary will be held over at the Cinema 21 in Portland for another week or so. So, if you haven't taken the trip be sure to do so.

Cinema 21

616 NW 21st Ave

Portland, OR

http://cinema21.com

Posted on 11th Nov

Portland Speaker Schedule!

These are the opening week guest speakers who will be on hand for our post show Q and A. Please note that all will appear after the 6:45 show on the date indicated.

Please get your tickets at: http://cinema21.com

Benjy Wertheimer - Benjy is the co-leader of the award winning sacred music group Shantala. Shantala is one of the treasures of the western bhakti yoga movement. An award-winning musician, composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist equally accomplished on tabla, congas, percussion, esraj, guitar, and keyboards, Benjy Wertheimer has performed and recorded with such artists as Krishna Das, Deva Premal and Miten, Jai Uttal, Walter Becker of Steely Dan, virtuoso guitarist Michael Mandrell, tabla master Zakir Hussain, and renowned bamboo flute master G. S. Sachdev. He has also opened for such well-known artists as Carlos Santana, Paul Winter, and Narada Michael Walden. Benjy is a founding member of the internationally acclaimed world fusion ensemble Ancient Future.

Posted on 5th Nov

The Ram Dass podcasts!

For all of us who just can't enough of the gift that Ram Dass has given us, head on over to the Mind Pod Network to listen to so many newly unearthed vintage lectures by Ram Dass. Most of these are archival treasures that are not to be missed for anyone on the path.

http://www.mindpodnetwork.com/rd/

Posted on 23rd Oct

Coming to Portland on November 6th!

At the Cinema 21. Check back soon for ticketing information.

http://www.cinema21.com

Posted on 16th Oct

GAY DILLINGHAM ON THE MICHAEL NEELY CONSCIOUSLY SPEAKING PODCAST!

Check out our very own Gay Dillingham on the Consciously Speaking podcast with Michael Neely. It's a good one!

Click here to listen!

Posted on 25th Sep

Out Now In Santa Cruz!!

"Dying to Know - Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" continues it's successful California run by heading on down to Santa Cruz! It's now playing at The Nickelodeon Theater on a limited basis!

Please buy your tickets early as time is limited!

The Nickelodeon Theater

210 Lincoln St.

Santa Cruz, CA

95060

Open in Google Maps

To buy advance tickets:

http://thenick.com/index.html#nowplaying_DyingtoKnow

Posted on 19th Sep

A Transformational Testimonial and Story

A wonderfully transformational testimonial on "Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" from Ryan Keating. Ryan saw the film in Telluride and this is what he wrote...

This last long weekend I was fortunate enough to spend it in Telluride at the 35^th annual Mushroom Festival.  I am a wellness professional and being educated in massage therapy, training, nutrition, and more recently working in crisis counseling and psychedelic healing I was advised to attend.  The Festival was magical on all levels, entheogeniclly and beyond, and one of the bright spots of it was watching the movie “Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary” directed by Gay Dillingham.

I grew up in Northern California in the 80s and 90s and taught high school history and political science in high schools for many years in San Francisco.  I was one of those teachers who did not open the prescribed text book and always choose instead to create my own wheel with my own resources and provide an exciting and more “real” education than what was put forth by the state in their bland and narrow minded filtered interpretation of what was deemed appropriate for education.  I definitely had exciting units dedicated to the counter culture movement of the 60s and 70s and so I was very excited to see what this movie had to offer.  The movie was close to 2 hours and I don’t think I moved once and maybe blinked but ten times at the fear that I would miss even but a few seconds of the rich and interesting history that has been all but lost but now dramatically and energetically recovered in “Dying to Know.”

There was an array of emotions I felt while watching.  I was pissed that I hadn’t come across this information first while I was creating curriculum for my students many years ago.  Geez, I thought I had cool info to share!  Compared to this movie my units were bland.  Then I was even more angry that I wasn’t taught the info myself growing up just right outside San Francisco; one of the bases of the counter culture movement.  How had nobody told me any of this?  Being somebody educated in history and politics I was not aware that Timothy Leary had campaigned for governor against Ronald Reagan and had the Beetles write their “Come Together Right Now Over Me” song for his campaign.  Not to mention that shortly after he was jailed for a sentence of forty years for having a half ounce of cannabis on him and then served two years in solitary confinement, upon which after he was conveniently hidden under a witness protection program.  It was a very corrupt time in America and the powers that be were squashing the counter culture movement and apparently they were also squashing the history of their shady dealings as people like me had never heard anything about what Timothy Leary went through.  I feel cheated by my own education and country.

The movie very much represents the present day energy and culture of America.  A new generation is emerging and continuing the trend of what the counter culture movement started in the 60s and 70s.  It has gone full circle.  Movements like “black lives matter” are scratching the surface of how police brutally treat minorities and exposing white privileged and how racism is as alive and present as it ever has been.  Movements like Bernie Sanders running for president are scratching the surface on how corporations and their moneyed interests are controlling the whole country and the political process and destroying the middle class and the availability of good jobs.  Drug policy reform activists are scratching the surface and exposing the harsh truth that the drug war is largely racist and putting more people in prison than ever before, not to mention the for profit prisons that are starting to become popular.  The nutritional movement is also scratching the surface on the American Standard Diet and how if you trust in eating what is stocked for you at the grocery store and what the government deems healthy by their “Food Guide Pyramid” you will most likely end up malnourished, with diabetes, and extremely unhealthy.  Alternative health care professionals (and also many big pharma doctors) are scratching the surface at the medical industry and uncovering the large number of people that are either dying, or are addicted to, or generally have a much lower quality of life from pain killers, anti-depressants, antibiotics, statins, and other prescription drugs.  All these people are asking the same questions and coming to the same conclusions.  There is a better way and we are stuck in a paradigm shift.  The transitional process defined by people trying to expose the truth is only growing greater.

“Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary” was yet another brilliant movement forward in the attempt to uncover the wrongs of the past to make them right and real.  It dramatically contributes to the movement at large as yet another entity the populous can point to as truth seeking that directly challenges the powers that be. The counter culture movement of the 60s was squashed by people who were in charge of the government’s institutions, and their ideas and policies have reigned supreme for decades.  That chokehold put on our country is now finally losing its momentum.  Ram Dass and Timothy Leary were crusaders trying to create an alternative way of thinking that questioned a lot of American culture at the time.  Now the children of the 60s counter culture movement are coming of age and a new generation is emerging that is more concerned with what Ram Dass and Timothy Leary were doing than what Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan were up to. There’s medicine to be gained, there’s health, there’s an appreciation and acceptance for other’s views and we as a country are rising up and are not being led by our fears anymore.  Arrest us all!  We’ll see how that panes out and it won’t be in the favor of the oppressors.  We are interested in the truth and what has been kept from us for so long.  Gay Dillingham’s “Dying to Know” is just another piece of the uncovered knowledge and remarkable history that is now part of the thought process and leading a generational movement that is coming into their own.

Posted on 26th Aug

San Jose and Santa Cruz here we come!

We're surfing the waves of consciousness and coming down South after a successful run up North. San Jose and Santa Cruz here we come!

Opens in San Jose on September 11:

http://www.cameracinemas.com/cgi-bin/movies.cgi…

At select screenings the film makers and leaders from the conscious community will be present for Q and A's.

Posted on 17th Aug

Back at the Roxie!

San Francisco friends - in case you missed the trip the first time around, we're pleased to announce that we're back at the Roxie for a few more shows!

For information on how to buy tickets in advance please visit:

http://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/dying-to-know/?instance_id=8232

“Dying to Know” is upbeat and fun to watch. It has beautiful, dreamy graphics, too. We can feel the bond that these two men had for each other — and it makes for a genuine love story." - David Lewis, SF Chronicle

Posted on 10th Aug

Final 2 days at the Roxie and...

"Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" will wrap up it's successful run in San Francisco on Tuesday July 28th. Jungian mythologist will lead the post show discussion the 28th after the 7 pm show.

To buy tickets please visit:

The Roxie in San Francisco
Click here to purchase tickets

Thank you San Francisco for the incredible run!

Also please note that the film is no longer playing the Elmwood in Berkeley but is still showing in San Rafael and Sebastopol. Tickets for those theaters can be purchased here:

Posted on 27th Jul

Still playing in the Bay Area!

We are being held over at the following theaters in the Bay Area! But hurry, time is running out to share the journey these locations.

Bring a friend and take the trip! Check on our social media often as we'll be doing give aways and special post show Q and As at select shows.

Tim with Richard Gaikowski, Roxie Founder

Posted on 21st Jul

The Reviews are In!

Hot off the Press! The reviews are in. We're really happy with the reviews from the Bay Area press. Here are the links to the pieces online in print and video form:

David Lewis reviewed the film for the SF Chronicle, to read the story click below:

http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Dying-to-Know-An-intimate-look-at-Timothy-6372806.php

KCBS Entertainment editor, Jan Wahl reviewed the film. Click below to check it out:

Posted on 14th Jul

Bay Area Ticket Links and Information

Here are the quick links to purchase tickets for "Dying to Know - Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" in the Bay Area of Northern California. Showings there start on July 10th.

Please also note that on the opening weekend, July 10-12, there will be special screenings with the film makers and members of the conscious community present to do Q and A and panel discussions.

Posted on 9th Jun

DTK coming to the Bay Area!

BIG NEWS! - We're thrilled to announce that "Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary" will be begin it's official North American theatrical run in California's Bay Area. Please keep an eye out for additional cities to be announced.

Opens July 10 in the following Bay Area cinemas:

Roxie Theater in San Francisco
Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley
Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol in Sebastopol
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael

A recollection and celebration of the lifelong friendship and spiritual connection between Ram Dass and Timothy Leary, DYING TO KNOW: RAM DASS & TIMOTHY LEARY is a CNS Communications release, runs for 95 minutes, is in English, and is not yet MPAA Rated.

DYING TO KNOW: RAM DASS & TIMOTHY LEARY centers on a 1995 meeting at Timothy Leary’s home shortly after he announced he was dying of cancer. When his long time friend and former colleague at Harvard University Ram Dass (nee: Richard Albert) visits him, the two embark on their last filmed conversation that explores their life-long friendship, divergent practices of Western science and Eastern thought, and passing creatively with joy and dignity as the final expression of a life and theories of what may exist beyond. Incorporating 80 years of footage, the film integrates their history of daring explorations into consciousness from their time as Harvard Professors, to their experiment in communal living at Millbrook, New York, to their published books including, The Psychedelic Experience and Be Here Now.

Posted on 9th May

DTK Team on the Inner Journey Show

Last Sunday in Laguna Beach, California our very own Gay Dillingham, Zach Leary and Michael Donnelly were on the "Inner Journey with Greg Friedman" show. They talked about the Dying to Know film and as you will listen, a whole bunch of other thought provoking and adventurous topics. It was quite a ride and we're sure you'll enjoy it.

To listen to the Podcast click here

Posted on 6th May

Dying to Know: Filmmaker Panel

If you're in (or near) Santa Fe please join the NMPA as they host this very cool discussion featuring the team behind Dying to Know including Gay Dillingham, David Leach, David Aubrey and Michael Donnelly. The event will include clips from the film and a panel of the films major players whose work covers the arc of the film's conception, production and post-production, delivery and distribution. There will be ample time for all to discuss and ask questions of the panel and to glean experience and insight from lessons learned.

The event will be Wednesday April 29 from 5:30-9.

For more information visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dying-to-know-filmmaker-panel-tickets-16549906215

Posted on 21st Apr

Jeff Bridges loves our film!

Our buddy Jeff Bridges is seen here riffing on his love for our film Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary. The Dude Abides and so should you!

Watch it over here on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQH30X8PM6Y

Posted on 30th Mar

Gay Dillingham joins women who are aiming for peace in Korea

Our very own Gay Dillingham, the director of Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary, will join an amazing group of women who aim to bring peace to Korea by walking across the DMZ.

"On Wednesday at the United Nations in New York, using a conference on the status of women as a backdrop, leading female advocates of disarmament formally announced their intent to walk across the Demilitarized Zone, the two-mile-wide swath of land, ringed by barbed wire and booby traps, that separates North and South."

To read the full story visit this link on The New York Times.

Posted on 13th Mar

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Team Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary

Posted on 19th Feb