The Philosopher Kings (film)
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The Philosopher Kings is a documentary film
directed by Patrick Shen
, and produced by Greg Bennick
, about custodial workers at major U.S. universities and their lives.
Filming took place at Cornish College of the Arts
; UC Berkeley
; Duke University
; University of Florida
; Princeton University
, for the section about Josue Lajeunesse
; the California Institute of Technology
; and Cornell University
. The film premiered at Silverdocs
in June 2009 and was shown at the SF DocFest film festival
at The Roxie
in San Francisco in October 2009.
Josue Lajeunesse
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Patrick Shen
Patrick Shen
Patrick Shen is an American writer and award-winning director and producer of Flight from Death, a seven-time Best Documentary award-winning film.-Documentaries:...
, and produced by Greg Bennick
Greg Bennick
Greg Bennick is an American professional keynote speaker, humanitarian activist, and award-winning producer and writer. He has appeared at thousands of events since 1984 as a presenter and entertainer. He speaks on themes of personal and group dynamics and "mastering the unexpected" to...
, about custodial workers at major U.S. universities and their lives.
Filming took place at Cornish College of the Arts
Cornish College of the Arts
-Library:The library at Cornish College specializes in art, dance, design, music, performance production, and theatre. As of 2011 it holds 4700 CDs, 40,000 books, has 2,200 videos, and subscribes to 154 periodicals...
; UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
; Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
; University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
; Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, for the section about Josue Lajeunesse
Josue Lajeunesse
Josue Lajeunesse is one of the main subjects of a documentary called The Philosopher Kings, which discusses the life stories of several American university custodians....
; the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
; and Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. The film premiered at Silverdocs
Silverdocs
AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival is an American international film festival created by the American Film Institute and Discovery Channel. It is held every year in Silver Spring, Maryland near Washington, D.C.. Started in 2003, the festival is held for eight days in June at...
in June 2009 and was shown at the SF DocFest film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
at The Roxie
The Roxie
The Roxie Theater is a movie theater at 3117 16th Street in the Mission District of San Francisco built in 1909. It is also known as the Roxie Cinema or just The Roxie.-History:...
in San Francisco in October 2009.
General film information
- Film's Official Website
- SF DocFest Website
- SF DocFest in CineSource Magazine
- The Philosopher Kings at Silverdocs
- "Film Competes for Sterling Feature Award at Silverdocs", Reuters (June 5, 2009)
Film reviews
Josue LajeunesseJosue LajeunesseJosue Lajeunesse is one of the main subjects of a documentary called The Philosopher Kings, which discusses the life stories of several American university custodians....
- Haiti Water Project, attempting to bring clean water to Lasource, HaitiLasource, HaitiLa Source is a town in Haiti.It was mentioned in a recent documentary film called The Philosopher Kings. One former resident who has emigrated to the United States, Josue Lajeunesse, has been active in bringing a clean water source closer to the village, whose residents had previously needed to...
. Lasource is the town in Haiti that Lajeunesse is from. - Generosity Water, an organization involved with the Haiti Water Project