Gah, I wish I were in Canada right now. I was introduced to Kahlil Gibran by none other than Terry Kath, the late guitarest for the band Chicago. As I read about his life, I discovered that he loved the writings of Gibran, The Prophet.
Link here: http://www.katsandogz.com/gibran.html
Inspired by the great classic by Kahlil Gibran, TheProphet is an animated feature film, with chapters from animation directors from around the world.
Gibran’s book is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and for almost a century since its first publication (1923) – inspirational. Gibran’s musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, buying and selling, crime and punishment, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, good and evil, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.
Naturally, the animated version of such a classic comes as a big and exciting project. Director Roger Allers (The Lion King) assembled an array of internationally acclaimed animators to realize episodes from The Prophet, which are woven into the tale of a mischievous young girl (voiced by Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhané Wallis) who…
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