Encore of ‘Mission: JOY’ Virtual Screening & Discussion

One more chance! Atla is hosting an encore virtual screening event of Mission: JOY to remember and honor the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This film will make you reflect, laugh, and will improve your day.

Mission: JOY will be available to watch during the 72-hour period of February 18-20. 

Three Ways to Participate

• Watch a live viewing with other Atla members on Friday, February 18 at 5:00 p.m. Central (Follow this link to register for this event)
• Watch the film all weekend (February 18-20) on your own or with friends! (Register using the same link above. We will add the on-demand link onto the Zoom calendar event the week of February 18.)
• Join other Atla members for a discussion about the film on Tuesday, February 22 at 12:00 p.m. CT. (Follow this link to register for this meeting)

About the Event

• This event is free
• The viewing link is only accessible during the 72-hour period of February 18-20, 2022
• You may share this with your networks

About the Film

Deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu share science-backed wisdom of how to live with joy in troubled times.

Academy Award^®-winning director Louie Psihoyos teams up with co-director Peggy Callahan on MISSION: JOY – FINDING HAPPINESS IN TROUBLED TIMES, a documentary with unprecedented access to the unlikely friendship of two international icons who transcend religion: His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Archbishop Tutu. In their final joint mission, these self-described mischievous brothers give a master class in how to create joy in a world that was never easy for them. They offer neuroscience-backed wisdom to help each of us live with more joy, despite circumstances.

Inspired by the New York Times bestseller The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, the film showcases the exchange between these two Nobel Peace Prize winners that led to that book. Consisting largely of never-before-seen footage shot over 5 days at the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala, the film invites viewers to join these luminaries behind the scenes as they recount stories from their lives, each having lived through periods of incredible difficulty and strife. With genuine affection, mutual respect and a healthy dose of teasing, these unlikely friends impart lessons gleaned from lived experience, ancient traditions, and the latest cutting-edge science regarding how to live with joy in the face of all of life’s challenges from the extraordinary to the mundane. MISSION: JOY is an antidote for the times.

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