YOGAWOMAN

I thought you may be interested in the award winning documentary film YOGAWOMAN which is produced by Kate Clere and her husband Michael McIntyre.

I thought this would be of interest to your readers as Michael is a Hobart native having spent most of his childhood growing up in the city. Their film has already enjoyed critical acclaim and success at it’s international and sold out preview screenings in LA, San Francisco, Boston, Munich, New York, London and will premiere in Tasmania at the State Theatre Tasmania on Sunday 13 May at 400pm and Wednesday 9 May at 630pm as part of it’s limited national release. The film has been invited to screen at a number of film festivals and has also won a number of awards.

About the film

YOGAWOMAN was narrated by Academy Award nominee Annette Bening for free (as she believed so much in it’s message and is a dedicated yogi) and has been Kate and her husband Michael’s focus for the last three years, travelling to nine countries in the process. The film features over 50 women and includes rich personal stories of how yoga has transformed the lives of over-stimulated, over-scheduled, multi-tasking modern women as well as provided a lifeline to women in prison, cancer survivors, and those struggling with body image, weight and eating disorders.

From the busy streets of Manhattan and the dusty slums of Kenya, to the golden beaches of Australia to the serene piazzas of Italy, YOGAWOMAN tells the distinctly feminine story of a yoga movement that honors intuition, family, community, activism, and the cyclical nature of women’s lives. However, the film is not just about yoga. With vivid detail and poignancy, it covers real issues affecting women like breast cancer, infertility, ageing, heart disease, body image, anxiety and depression.

About Michael and Kate

Following a successful career as an actor and theatre director Kate cofounded Second Nature Films, an independent film production company with her husband Michael. Michael has been making films since he was 12 when he was given a Super 8 camera and has worked as an assistant director for feature films and television series, as well as filmed documentaries in Canada, Ireland, Japan, Australia and the U.S.

Second Nature Films celebrate and raises awareness of our extraordinary natural environment as well as the lives of extraordinary people with whom we share this planet. Their award-winning documentary films include What to do about Whales?, covering the tragic consequences of whaling; A Year on the Wing, which follows the annual migration of the spiritually and culturally significant Eastern Curlew; A Hard Place, about the personal and familial challenges of working mothers and childcare, and Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability about preserving biodiversity.
Tess Glasson