Space Brothers Among Us: The Extraterrestrial, Inter-dimensional Folk Healing Films of Unarius, with Jodi Wille

In 1954, traveling medium Ernest L. Norman and Science of Mind practitioner Ruth Norman met at a Los Angeles spiritualists convention. They soon married and cofounded The Unarius Educational Foundation. The still active organization promotes self-mastery and healing through an "inter-dimensional understanding of energy,” past life therapy, and channeled guidance from advanced extraterrestrials as well as former Earth luminaries from Pythagoras to Tesla to Will Rogers. In the 1970s, under the direction of the colorful septuagenarian Ruth Norman, Unarius students built their own DIY film and video studio, producing four 16mm and Super8mm feature films and 80 television shows, including elaborately produced past-life psychodramas. These shows aired regularly via public access airways for decades.

Part I: Jodi Wille, director of the new feature documentary Welcome Space Brothers, will take us on a deep dive into the Unarius archive and present an overview of the group within the context of metaphysical groups and popular culture trends of the 20th Century.

Part II: A rare screening of the self-produced Unarius magnum opus / origin story, The Arrival (Dir. The Unariun Brotherhood and Prince Uriel, 1980, 50 minutes, new digital xfer from 16mm).