IN THIS 90+ MINUTE DOCUMENTARY, FILMED INTERNATIONALLY, IN AMERICA, EUROPE, AFRICA, AND CHINA, WITH OVER A DECADE OF EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE, FILMMAKER LAURENT LE GALL, FOLLOWS EUGENE TSSUI IN HIS MULTIPLE LIVES AND CHALLENGES.
AS AN ARCHITECT, EUGENE DESIGNS AND BUILDS STRUCTURES INSPIRED BY THE PROFOUND ART AND SCIENCE OF MOTHER NATURE, BUT HE IS ALSO AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, CLOTHING DESIGNER, FURNITURE DESIGNER, SENIOR OLYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPION ATHLETE, MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, FINE ARTIST, PHILOSOPHER, INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR, AND FAMILY MAN. EUGENE TSSUI MAY BE HISTORY’S TRUE POLYMATH EXTRAORDINAIRE AND PERHAPS THE CLARION VOICE OF OUR NEW CENTURY.
IN A TIME WHEN IT IS TOO LATE TO DENY OUR GLOBALLY DESTRUCTIVE PAST AND OUR HEALTH-COLLAPSING PRESENT, THIS DOCUMENTARY ENCOURAGES US TO TAKE ACTION, TO RESTORE AND BUILD A NEW WORLD UNLIKE ANYTHING EVER IMAGINED BEFORE.
FILMED OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, IN FOUR CONTINENTS, AND SHOWING HOW THE WORLD, OVER NEARLY FOUR DECADES, IS NOW BEGINNING TO ACKNOWLEDGE EUGENE TSSUI’S VISION OF A MUTUAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMANITY; THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN, RAISED BY TRADITIONAL IMMIGRANT PARENTS, WHO REBELLED AGAINST EVERY ASPECT OF HIS COMMONPLACE UPBRINGING, TURNED HIS BACK ON HISTORICAL PRECEDENT, WAS EXPELLED FROM TWO UNIVERSITIES, RIDICULED BY THE PROFESSION FOR EXPOUNDING THE APPLICATION OF NATURE’S INNOVATIVE INTELLIGENCE, AND NOW, FOUR DECADES LATER, THE INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF “GREEN BUILDING, ECOLOGICAL DESIGN, AND BIOMIMICRY” VINDICATE EUGENE’S ORIGINAL DESIGNS AND WRITINGS, AND HIS ATTITUDE OF STEWARDSHIP, CONSUMER REDUCTION, AND UNBRIDLED INNOVATIVE ORIGINALITY WITHOUT HARMING OUR PLANET AND ITS LIVING ORGANISMS, NOW GAIN GLOBAL CREDENCE AND REVERENCE.
IN THE WORDS OF FILM CRITIC, CHRISTINA REE, “…WHEN EUGENE TSSUI TALKS, HE IS RIVETING, ILLUMINATING, AND MASTERFUL. TSSUI FLIES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LUNATIC FRINGE AND VISIONARY GENIUS… DELIVERS THE DELICIOUS FEELING OF REALIZING HOW BORING WE HAVE BECOME.”
AS AN ARCHITECT, EUGENE DESIGNS AND BUILDS STRUCTURES INSPIRED BY THE PROFOUND ART AND SCIENCE OF MOTHER NATURE, BUT HE IS ALSO AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, CLOTHING DESIGNER, FURNITURE DESIGNER, SENIOR OLYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPION ATHLETE, MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, FINE ARTIST, PHILOSOPHER, INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR, AND FAMILY MAN. EUGENE TSSUI MAY BE HISTORY’S TRUE POLYMATH EXTRAORDINAIRE AND PERHAPS THE CLARION VOICE OF OUR NEW CENTURY.
IN A TIME WHEN IT IS TOO LATE TO DENY OUR GLOBALLY DESTRUCTIVE PAST AND OUR HEALTH-COLLAPSING PRESENT, THIS DOCUMENTARY ENCOURAGES US TO TAKE ACTION, TO RESTORE AND BUILD A NEW WORLD UNLIKE ANYTHING EVER IMAGINED BEFORE.
FILMED OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, IN FOUR CONTINENTS, AND SHOWING HOW THE WORLD, OVER NEARLY FOUR DECADES, IS NOW BEGINNING TO ACKNOWLEDGE EUGENE TSSUI’S VISION OF A MUTUAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMANITY; THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN, RAISED BY TRADITIONAL IMMIGRANT PARENTS, WHO REBELLED AGAINST EVERY ASPECT OF HIS COMMONPLACE UPBRINGING, TURNED HIS BACK ON HISTORICAL PRECEDENT, WAS EXPELLED FROM TWO UNIVERSITIES, RIDICULED BY THE PROFESSION FOR EXPOUNDING THE APPLICATION OF NATURE’S INNOVATIVE INTELLIGENCE, AND NOW, FOUR DECADES LATER, THE INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF “GREEN BUILDING, ECOLOGICAL DESIGN, AND BIOMIMICRY” VINDICATE EUGENE’S ORIGINAL DESIGNS AND WRITINGS, AND HIS ATTITUDE OF STEWARDSHIP, CONSUMER REDUCTION, AND UNBRIDLED INNOVATIVE ORIGINALITY WITHOUT HARMING OUR PLANET AND ITS LIVING ORGANISMS, NOW GAIN GLOBAL CREDENCE AND REVERENCE.
IN THE WORDS OF FILM CRITIC, CHRISTINA REE, “…WHEN EUGENE TSSUI TALKS, HE IS RIVETING, ILLUMINATING, AND MASTERFUL. TSSUI FLIES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LUNATIC FRINGE AND VISIONARY GENIUS… DELIVERS THE DELICIOUS FEELING OF REALIZING HOW BORING WE HAVE BECOME.”
Eugene Tssui (Tsui)Architect / ProducerPolymath extraordinaire, Dr. Eugene Tssui, falls outside of normal description. The subject of two, international film documentaries; a practicing architect and city planner in the USA, Europe, and China; author of seven international books; award-winning clothing designer; composer and performing musician, industrial designer and inventor; fine artist; research scientist, international professor and global lecturer; Eight-Time World Amateur Boxing Champion; Four-time Senior Olympics Gymnastics All-Around Champion; Eight-time Presidential Sports Award winner conferred by US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush; mentor to over 500 interns and apprentices world-wide.
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Laurent Le GallDirector/ProducerLaurent Le Gall is a french director that has been living in San Francisco for several decades. He has produced and directed multiple films around the world for various television networks. Such as Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia about David Best, an internationally renowned American sculptor. He is well known for building immense temples out of recycled wood sheets for the Burning Man festivals, where they are then burnt to the ground in a spectacle of light and heat.
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Melody C. MillerDirector of PhotographyMelody Miller is a cinematographer and a dedicated creative storyteller, who works to make a positive impact in the world by making narrative films and documentaries. From her professional experience in cinematography and lighting, she places a high value on visual storytelling.
Melody graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television with a degree in Film, Television and Digital Media. Concentrating in Cinematography and Documentary Production. She has won various film awards nationwide including the The Motion Picture Association of America Award, Women in Film Award, and the Loreen Arbus Cinematography Award. |