American Kensho: Manifest Destiny

Overview

American Kensho is a series about Buddhist practitioners in genre situations, often also involving queer relationships and the insights of queer theory. American Kensho: Manifest Destiny, the first film in this series, is a horror/thriller piece where Sarah, our Zen Buddhist protagonist, and Julia, her pagan lover, battle with mindfulness and magic an oppressive cult attempting to assault their very souls. The writer/director provides a disclaimer for the viewer that while xyr personal Zen Buddhist practice guides the production of this ongoing project, it is an attempt to sort out the relationship of that practice to the world, and does not comprise any sort of Buddhist teaching in itself.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 1, 2017

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Cast

Rory Fleming,LaTrell Brennan,Brad Farmer,David Johnson,Shane Silman,Todd McNair,Emily Walpole,Jarad Greene,Chris Sach,Emily Olyarchukand 3 more

Director

Aaron Wyrd

Writer

Aaron Wyrd

Producer

Russel Sanders,Matthew Barr,Myrtis J. Morrison,Monica Wyche,Alexandra Whitehill Smith,Mary Anne M. Johnson,Herado Avila,Renee Fleming,Nick Tierce,Jilian Pulverenti,Jon Hoin,Dean Poyer,LeeAnn Swager,Kelly Carlblom,Chris Johnson,Claude Burman,Jordan Wilson,Monica Mohapatra,Ajsha Reid,Maria Kuroshchepova,Harvey Klein,Tobias Fleischer,Dom Errazo,Chuck Holland,Shane Silman,Christine E.M. Parnam,Greyson Kerley,Matthew Czubakowski,Sara Gramling,Ryan Stevens,Sarah Rice

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3477136