c 2000 Aliah Selah
As it begins,
we re flying through deep space..
passing milky ways, nebulas, & black holes..
Then, we see that it's been the perspective
of a glowing bubble
of bluish light traveling through space.
We begin to travel again from it's perspective
and as we do,
we hear the echoes of the many superior beings
of this glowing bubble of bluish light,
offering their farewell advice..
“Rather
than telling the humans they've been mistaken,
you know, making them all “wrong”...
instead go with all the planet earth's religions,
play out each of their messiah,
prophecies & spiritual archetypes.
This way they'll have no choice but to accept
peace on Earth.”
The glowing
bubble is not feeling up for the big job and is endearingly nervous
about this long awaited "Return".
Continually babbling about these orders &
how best to carry them out...
and that been assured that there's no way
mess it up this time..
The glowing
bubble begins to hover over the Earth until it gets to the US,
then to Texas…. then, to Austin.
Floating through the town as if to be searching
for something.
Finally, it hovers over several homeless people
in an alley.
One who physically looks like how we see Jesus
and one as we see Buddha.
Soon, more & more homeless people are
“awoken”…
"chosen" because they look like the many messiahs,
religious leaders & saints.. of all different faiths.
They come to be known as a ‘tribe of
holy ones’.
Together they have a great time as they travel
doing all kinds of miracles,
especially what ever is "needed" to fulfill
what ever prophecy
each messiah was meant to fulfill, so there
can be peace on Earth.
(They carry a list!)
Meanwhile,
there's a female singer in this band,
who's been singing this song about a 'tribe
of holy ones'
who will one day bring about peace on Earth.
The song came from a vision that we see her
have as part of the opening
while the being "returning" to Earth.
She's is a bit trippy and some who come out
to hear the band, aren't even sure what she's talkin' about..
they just enjoy the bands music & the
good vibes.
Then, one day at a gig, this ‘tribe
of holy ones’… just show up.
They hear the band play the song predicting
them coming
& they begin to take over the dance floor..
dancing sober, yet like the grooviest 60's
kids did on acid,
except they're doing healings & speaking short poetic thoughtlings
between the songs from the dance floor.
This gets the whole audience to interact with
the performance
and each show becomes an ever evolving ritual.
As news traveled of the healing miracles,
as like a side show performance art thing for this band.
Some think it's the coolest thing to happen
in a while,
while others from several different faiths
become outraged.
They think its blasphemy that they go around
as all these
religious leaders & messiahs.
Some even say that their healings are witchcraft,
and they decide to go after the band and their
now known side show, publicly.
All this media
controversy about them soars the career of the band
and the singer is very mixed about the "success"
this controversy is creating.
It becomes even bigger news when
the ‘tribe of holy ones’ together
with their growing
cool, artsy, followers who
crash the press conference held for those
who oppose them.
They come in peace to try to explain to everyone
that the time has come for the planet to be at peace
& all the messiahs have joined forces to bring about that peace.
Then, several followers ask everyone to help
by
refusing to have sex with all warriors of
any kind and begin chanting..
"Only
make love with those who make peace!" .
This gives the people of all faiths who felt
a betrayal from their "godheads"
being falsely replicated from ordinary men
& women,
the conviction they were looking for to go
after them even more
and they start airing warnings on TV calling
them “the tribe of false prophets”
(just as funny as those vicious political
ads)
to “protect” a following that
is growing more & more.
Because it’s getting a bit out of hand,
the ‘tribe of holy ones’ sit in
a circle for group meditation..
focusing on what to do now that it's kinda
gone off a bit.
Now, something has to be done.
Jesus separates
from the rest of them & does a vision quest
to figure out how to let them see that the
"return" that each has been waiting for..
is happening!
It's
time to stop fighting each other over God!
These angry people begin to call each other
(using phone trees)
planning a huge demonstration against the
“tribe of false prophets".
The tribe & their followers want to go
to this demonstration against them
and talk to them.. again,
but they know they need Jesus to be there too.
So, they go to find him, they decide to split
up and join back at the demonstration.
Each has some very funny & interesting
experiences on their own..
finally Buddha finds the band at the rehearsal
space loading up for a gig that night.
They are just about loaded so they all decide
to find Jesus together, they hop
in the band van and begin their search.
They finally
find him in a church praying, crying.. he's so bewildered that they rejected
him again & misunderstood the message of peace.. instead they created
more hatred & he blames himself.
Totally depressed he says, "It's
over.. I can do no more, I have failed again."
“Oh yes you can!”
Buddha says, and he whispers in his ear.
Suddenly, the
whole band and both of them are instantly transported to the demonstration.
The band is all set up to play but the lead singer is afraid to go on in front
of the heated crowd
made of both sides & their opposing convictions.
So, Jesus gets up to the mike and begins his speech by looking up and saying
slowly
"Forgive them
Father for they know not what they do."
Suddenly, a white light beams down through
the clouds right down on him..
so that he glows. They all take
notice and begin to settle and
listen because they’re suddenly speechless.
Then, Jesus gives his speech about how all messiahs come from the same source
of inspiration
and that it must all lead to peace on Earth together equally or they are all
false.
He explains how he was sent here to fix what
he had left undone…
and only made it worse and that he's really
sorry.
He explains how at this time in history, we each need to be a messiah within…
that we are living in a messianic age.
All the other
messiahs come to join him.. and they hug a big group hug.
Suddenly a white bubble appears over them
& they return to being the homeless people they were.
A few tell everyone how this experience has
totally changed them inside.
With what they know now they can never go
back to wasting their lives as before.
A few of the folks in the crowd who've experienced
miracles from the tribe..
come forward. We begin to see the
crowd changing its energy towards them.
Jesus (who’s now glowing) introduces
the band and they do song that
sums it all up
& everyone sings the chorus together by the end of the song.
Then, the glowing light goes out of Jesus and he becomes just the homeless
man he started out to be.
This bubble (white now not blue), hovers a bit over the crowd,
shines a special white light on them all and
then leaves.
Everyone starts hugging each other, they realize
that it was a force of God
& that there's a lot more to it than we
all understand..
but one thing they all know is how silly it
is to fight over God
& that it's time for an appreciation of
diversity..
it's time for a real, true, lasting peace.
This film project
is a call to see beyond all religious persecution
and a declaration of our unity as human beings.
2 other copyrighted concepts for for feature
films by Aliah Selah:
StreetKids
- a docu-drama and potential "Fame meets the street"
type TV series
After the
band Spiral meets some runaways, they begin to see
that many of the kids who runaway really needed to leave home, it was not
safe there. A
pimp who picks up these young kids to turn them into his prostitutes, violently
threaten one of the girls they've made friends with. They decided to do something
about it, and go to a friend who just inherited a big warehouse building and
needs to do something with it to be able to keep it with with an idea. The
warehouse is huge and could provide plenty of space for dorms, a big kitchen.
So, together with the friend, and runaways themselves, they create a non-alcohol
dance club by night where Spiral is the house band and many of the talented
runaways and other teens showcase their talents. While by
day, it becomes a volunteer run alternative runaway
shelter where the kids receive all kinds of classes
and group therapy sessions to develop life skills and work out what they've
been through that lead them there. Classes include art, dance, and music therapy,
songwriting, poetry, & creative writing, holistic health, nutrition,
yoga &
meditation and various other healing techniques, and computer skills.
One
character is a public access producer and his character adds "Reality
TV" type interviews with real runaways telling their story in between
scenes or at the end. The
nightclub becomes an access show as well,
and the kids learn public
access TV production.
The
pimp is eventually taken out of business in the film, yet for the TV series
all kinds of gangs and other un-cool drug dealer/pimp types could be potential
conflicts.
In the series a different reliant topic could be focused each week and Spiral
could play a song about it.
Topics like: teen pregnancy, drug abuse, child abuse, eating disorders, teen
suicide, etc.
Many of the kids could actually work out things with their parents through
the shelter's mediation program.
The idea is have StreetKids fund shelters like this.. through-out the country/world.
Full Moon Rising - a docu-drama
After the band Spiral meet a homeless family, they decide to take them to the greenbelt to a friend who's made a tree house and lush edible gardens that blend in with the scenery. He also knows which native plants are edible. In time, the word spreads on the street of this safe haven and it begins to grow- as more and more homeless people arrive. The problems soon begin for the growing number of folks living in the tree houses because the land is owned by a developer who plans to develop the land. It happens to be land that should not be developed because it's in the fragile watershed area and needs to be protected. He was able to use his money to buy the "right" to built there. A growing number of people are against the development of this fragile land. The "greenbelt people" as they begin to be called.. are growing more and more and now they have the support of those against the developer, because they are becoming the caretakers of the land.