The documentary film, "Voices of the Grandmothers", features in-depth interviews with esteemed indigenous elders. Their legacy is a gathering for humanity, presented as a 4-part video series by Hive filmmakers 
Voices of the Grandmothers
[Original Documentary Film]
Part 1: Sage Wisdom
Welcome to the world premiere public screening of our original documentary: Voices of the Grandmothers. You can be among the first to view this film, featuring esteemed indigenous elders, offering guidance that is vital at this time of global shifts. The complete film is scheduled to be released in four parts. Here is Part 1: "Sage Wisdom."
Film Launch Schedule:
- Part 1: Sage Wisdom - Wednesday, September 9, 2020
- Part 2: Heart Intelligence - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
- Part 3: Sacred Ceremony - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
- Part 4: Healing Paths - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The grandmothers are speaking. Are we listening? In this time of global shifts, we must look to our elders for their high-level understanding. Through the voices of the grandmothers, with their conscious awareness and insights, we learn to connect with the Guide Inside, helping us to navigate new territory and hear our higher callings in life.
Imagine growing up under the loving guidance of a wise elder who has instilled sage wisdom in us from the time of birth. Imagine the stories, myths, and songs, serving as maps for us and future generations to find our way in the world, bring out our gifts, and reconnect with our true nature—outside and inside. Imagine living in a world where humanity awakens to remember why we are here on the Earth in this moment of great transformation and possibility.
Imagine choosing to consciously cultivate a state of love and lightness within our bodies, minds, and hearts on a daily basis. Imagine living in tune with the cycles of nature and feeling just how connected, how inseparable we are from one another and what's happening on our earth today. Imagine living our lives in the vibration of praise and gratitude for the beauty surrounding us and allowing ourselves to open to the joy, the vastness of who we are—beyond our physical bodies, beyond our stories and identities and roles.
What if we choose to open our hearts, to share our gifts, and listen deeply to the invisible worlds and the voices of nature and our ancestors. What would happen if all of humanity woke up and lived in service to love? What if we remembered that we humans were created to be stewards of this garden planet?
Inspirational Scenes from the Film
"The message that I feel in my heart is... That one person can't do it alone. That we're at a place, if we're gonna survive as a human race, we need to unify. We need to work together." —Grandmother Flordemayo, Mayan Elder and Founder of The Path
"I believe it is so crucial to sit with those elders, those wise ones, to hear of a way of living that's not the way of living that most of us were raised with. And just from the language of Indigenous tribal speakers, the basics of how we are and the instructions on how to be, they're so different from the cues that are given to us by the dominant culture." —Geri Littlejohn, Musician and Owner of Wicozani Flutes
"We're asking a rushed society to slow down. And be still. And feel the breeze. Then when you feel the breeze, how much water is in it? Then when you feel the water that's in the breeze. Where did the water come from? And then when you've been told where the water came from, what condition was that water, that expanse of water? What condition was it in? And then by now that breeze has been through your lungs, where did it land in your body? Was it near your heart? And then, has it healed some old, old memory or has it rekindled a favorite memory of some joyous time when you were asked to blow the candles out on a cake? And you remembered looking around and feeling the joy of the family. Feeling your grandparents around, celebrating that you were actually born. And you had to breathe in and take a big breath to blow all those candles out. That all the family have been around you. Just loving you to the nth degree." —Reverend Grandmother Eila Paul, Maori Tainue Elder
"It's very desirable in the Asian, Eastern way, Indigenous way of singing the voice, to let the crack happen, to let the gravelly sounds happen in the voice because that's where spirit and nature comes into the voice. The grandmothers because I'm realizing and I know that their voices are full of life, and death." —Madi Sato, Founder of Praising Earth and Song Carriers.
"We have a word in Maori, and it's called aroha. And when it's just used in that English term, it means love but aroha means love, it means breath, it means everything that you are. You're giving the heart, the energy of all that I am, I give it to you. And the aroha of all that I am mixes with all that you are and together, we combine. Together we join, we become one." —Grandmother Moetu-Taiha, Maori Tuhoe Elder
"We can't separate ourselves from nature. All of us, everything that is organic, has the spirit of the sacred breath. It has the spirit of the sacred fire. This is the sun that shines upon us. We have the spirit of the Mother Earth in which we walk on and we have the spirit of the sacred waters which is our first element of life." —Grandmother Flordemayo
"I'm starting the day recognizing the feminine within me, it's beautiful a reminder. And also recognizing , this importance, the deeper need, deep longing for the healing of our relationship, human relationship with the Mother Earth. And also deep longing of healing of relationship with each other. Between male, female, but deeply is also a healing within us, the masculine, the feminine principle inside us. Both energies present inside of us. It's literally up to us how to activate both sides. How to live within harmony with the presence of both inside of us." —Master Mingtong Gu, Qigong Master and Founder of The Chi Center
"Walking into humanness is one of the hardest things we'll ever do. We came to our school to learn how to be people, how to understand people." —Grandmother SaSa, Abenaki Elder and Founder of the The Rose and The Swan Healing Center
"We know that the life of a butterfly is very short and it's very delicate. Motherhood is very important. But it does take a village of mothers to raise a child. It does take a village of fathers to guide a child, and that's what we have the honor of seeing and doing with the children that we bring into this world." —Pershile (Perci), Hopi / Tewa Elder
Acknowledgements
Voices of the Grandmothers is a love offering by Hive filmmakers
We offer our heartfelt thanks to the grandmothers (in order of appearance): Flordemayo, Pershile (Perci), SaSa, Moetu-Taiha, Reverend Eila Paul, Joanne Shenandoah, along with special guests: Madi Sato, Matthew Reifslager, Leah Shenandoah, Geri Littlejohn, Master Mingtong Gu, Angelique Boas, Joanne Shenandoah, and Angela Lynch.
We gratefully acknowledge ARISE Video Studio as the producer of this film. This is our video production company, centered in Austin, Texas. Additional contributors include: The Gathering for Humanity, The Chi Center, The Path, The Shift Network, Unify, Global Sisterhood, The Crystal Earth Project, Praising Earth, Wicozani Flutes, Nathan Crane, Heather Hall-Dudney, Kim Langbecker, Angela Corriz, Timothy McLaughlin, Imani White, Grandmother Nakai Breen, and Unci Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance. Much love and thanks to each of these organizations and individuals.