Feature film director, Rene Perez, and visionary voluntaryist, David Rodriguez, joined me for a rollicking and illuminating conversation about the propaganda machine that has become (or always was?) the film industry, and their new project – a modern take on Romeo & Juliet called “Sacred Life”. Part 2: danikatz.locals.com www.patreon.com/danikatz All things Dani: www.danikatz.com Register for Confluence (with Promo code KATZ10): https://brushfire.com/confluence/Confluence2025/590269 Find Rene: www.rebellionflix.com/ www.sacredlifemovie.com Find David: https://linktr.ee/DavidJamesRodriguez Movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TEPuhChmyr0&ab_channel=VoluntaryLivingw%2FDavidJamesRodriguez Show notes: Origin of collaboration between Rene and David Rene’s background as a film-maker Turning off the TV- Rene’s awakening Engineering via emotions and story-telling 1990’s- demoralization/propaganda in movies Top-down edicts in Hollywood- villains & heroes How does Rene push back against edicts? We are a 'McDonald’s culture’ 1970’s & meritocracy Race in movies- Star Wars, George Lucas, and Obama Jews in Hollywood Taking his kids to see movies 90’s- elevating villains to hero status Madonna- model for “feminism" J-Lo & Hollywood- aging Cultural impact of Star Wars- hero’s journey Death of art & beauty- demoralization Creating solutions w intentional story-telling Evil in movies = “We need more government” Catastrophic imprinting supplanting possibilities “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for” Movies- most powerful messaging medium Rene's & David’s film project narrative- exit & build New storytelling with new heroes- voluntaryism, lawful, freedom David’s favorite movies- hero journey Divide & conquer- fake anti-woke movies Top Gun/ Sound of Freedom Tax cattle and covert slavery Bravery and speaking truth
