1000 Journals

"Journals is a film about people whose lives are touched by 1000 traveling journals. These blank journals were released into the world in the summer of 2000, by Someguy, a San Francisco based artist. Some people found a journal, or got it from a friend or stranger. Some signed up on the web and received it in the mail. Some wrote in them, others doodled, pasted in photographs, or added artworks. Some kept them. Some passed them on. There are no rules, and no one really monitors these journals and their movements. And yet, they are connecting tens of thousands of people worldwide, provoking and inspiring them. In September 2003, one of the 1000, number 526, returned to Someguy, filled. What happened to the other 999? This film tells their stories. 1000 Journals shares the experience of their worldwide journeys, and chronicles the self-governed collaboration of thousands of random people who have added to this global message in a bottle." - Product Description

I came across this documentary just this morning while on another blog and was absolutely intrigued, fascinated and inspired... and felt it was a must share! If you live here in NYC we all unfortunately missed the screening which took place back in October. Where was I… oh ya, obsessed with the upcoming presidential election. It is available on Netflix, but no release date has been set yet. I need to see this film!