Inspirational Documentary Discover The Gift Screening At Agape International Spiritual Center Celebrates Global Shift In Spiritual Growth, March 18, 2011

Michael Bernard Beckwith Hosts Special Advanced Screening for the Spiritual Community Followed By a Panel Discussion Featuring Speakers from The Movie

Discover the Gift, an inspirational documentary film created by award-winning filmmaker Demian Lichtenstein with his sister, executive producer Shajen Joy Aziz, will premier with a special screening for the spiritual community hosted by Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder and Spiritual Director of the Center, Friday March 18, 2011 from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm at the Agape International Spiritual Center, located at 5700 Buckingham Parkway #200, Culver City, CA. The 97 minute motion picture stars transformational leaders and new thought innovators such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jack Canfield, and Mark Victor Hansen of the Chicken Soup of the Soul series, Janet Bray Attwood, author of The Passion Test, and featured speaker of The Secret and author of Spiritual Liberation, Michael Bernard Beckwith.

Many of the film’s featured speakers as well as prominent figures from the entertainment, transformation, new thought & wellness communities will join them for the red carpet screening presentation. This special advanced screening celebrates a global shift in spiritual growth and will be followed by a panel discussion with speakers from the film. Special guests will arrive for the red carpet and VIP reception at 6:15 pm. Doors for the screening will open at 7:00 pm. Tickets for the screening will be available online at http://www.agapelive.com/.

Other spiritual leaders and celebrated educators featured in Discover the Gift include Sir Ken Robinson, Dr. Sonia Powers, Dr. Sue Morter, Mary Manin Morrissey, Dr. Barbara De Angelis, David “Avocado” Wolf, Niurka, Cheryl Hunter, John Castagnini, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Terry Tillman and Bobbi DePorter.

Discover the Gift will be distributed via DVD and Video On Demand in April 2011. The forthcoming book of the same title will be published in hardcover through Harmony Books, an imprint of The Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc. and available in June 2011. The DVD and VOD will be available electronically throughout the World English territories controlled by Harmony; the book will be available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats.

ABOUT DISCOVER THE GIFT

Discover the Gift is the remarkable feature-length documentary created by award-winning filmmaker, Demian Lichtenstein, with his sister, Shajen Joy Aziz, that celebrates the basic but vital reality that there are Gifts in each person, and in all circumstances, that are simply awaiting discovery. Framed by the touching personal narrative of siblings Lichtenstein and Aziz as they describe their own journeys toward joy, power, fulfillment, freedom, and unconditional love, Discover the Gift offers powerful lessons from authors, educators, activists, artists, and icons including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Jack Canfield, Terry Tillman, David `Avocado` Wolfe, Mark Victor Hansen, and Niurka — and more — and has become a word-of-mouth sensation with early audiences. For more information or to view the trailer, visit www.discoverthegift.com.