The Filmmakers

Bob Degus is a long-time active voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, where he's been an Oscar Gold Mentor, mentoring the next generation of filmmakers. He's a member of Lincoln Center Theater's Director’s Lab. He produced the ground-breaking Academy Award-nominated movie Pleasantville, starring Tobey Maguire, and Reese Witherspoon.  He was a production executive at New Line Cinema, and oversaw Austin Powers, Friday, Set It Off, and more than twenty-five other films. Over his career, he has managed over a quarter-billion dollars of film production.  Read more: bobdegus.com

Alexandra Angélique Leeper is the founder of Living Light Productions; a new film, TV and theatre production entity aimed towards raising human consciousness, and creating positive change in the world. She has been an original content film producer since 2009, alongside long-time Hollywood director/ writer/producer, Bob Degus (Pleasantville, Austin Powers), and has multiple films in various phases of development.  Read more at:  AlexandraAngelique.com

Lorie-Lanie Shanks is a multifaceted producer and actress whose talents span theatre, film, voice-over work, and singing. Her artistic journey is deeply intertwined with her spiritual path, which includes
practising Kundalini yoga and exploring various Buddhist lineages. This spiritual depth enriches
her creative expression, infusing her performances with mindfulness and inner awareness. Initially, Lorie-Lanie believed she needed fame and fortune to make a difference in the world through acting. However, her discovery of Alexandra Angelique Leeper’s vision for ‘Living Light Productions’ redirected her focus towards raising consciousness through film. Her journey is a testament to her dedication, creativity, and unwavering love for the arts, as she seeks to make a meaningful impact through her work.

Michele McGuire is an Oscar-nominated film producer, an award-winning screenwriter, and a two time Cable-ACE nominee. She wrote the award winning screenplay and produced the indie feature film, Awaken (2022). She also produced Kathleen Turner’s and JoBeth William’s directorial debut films, as well as producing for writers Lynn Mamet, Chris Gerolmo, and Gary Marshall.

Sandrine Rudaz is a Swiss-French film composer, currently based in Los Angeles. She creates music for film, video games, and theatre. Career honors include a Jerry Goldsmith Award nomination and two Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Her work for the dramatic film, “A” for Alpha (HBO) won Best Original Score at the Garden State Film Festival.

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Sandrine worked on more than thirty films. Her music utilizes both her European classical piano training and American education, to craft stylistically distinct soundscapes; she is at home writing for full orchestra, solo and duo settings, and all ranges in between.  Read More at: SandrineRudaz.com

Thomas Barquee is a musical magician and visionary, creating deeply healing environments that nourish the soul and lighten the spirit. World-renowned for producing and co-creating with some of the leading Sacred Music artists, he gently guides the listener into a meditative, high vibration, heart-opening place with the musical invitation to get in touch with their higher self, encouraging the expression of their own true voice. Thomas has been a professional musician for 35 years and has released 12 studio albums as a recording artist on both major and independent labels. As a producer, he has co-created over 100 albums for other artists with millions of copies sold.

Adelyn Jones is excited to be finding and supporting people who have discovered the truth of who we are - Divine Beings. One and the same as the Creator, one another, and divine love. The Yogis of Ukraine is the story of women who are world leaders of this emerging New Human Being. Her previous adventures include Producer and Host of interview shows, One on One, InsideOut, and The Frequency of Love.

Ross Hostetter is a lawyer, mediator, husband and father, serial entrepreneur, fundraiser, award-winning novelist and a lifelong spiritual practitioner. It has been his great privilege over the past 40 years to help people and organizations turn their dreams into realities and emerge from current limitations into new, better and more expanded versions of themselves.
Ross currently works with friends and clients ranging from global nonprofits to solopreneurs, all of whom are aligned with the central value of creating the more beautiful and sustainable world we all know is possible.

The Yogis of Ukraine movie— and the story it tells— is a great example of a project that demonstrates how the power of love can be harnessed to create peace out of conflict and Oneness out of discord, which are themes that run through the work that Ross does with people, cultures, and nature around the world..  Read more at:  RossHostetter.com/

Madhu Anziani wrote and preformed his powerful song Radiant One, so movingly featured in the middle of the film.

Madhu Anziani is a remarkable sound healer whose journey of resilience and healing has inspired many. Despite shattering two neck vertebrae and enduring tetraplegia, paralysis affecting the entire body, Madhu harnessed the transformative power of sound and energy healing to reclaim his mobility. His extraordinary story is featured in the book "Energy Medicine" by Jill Blakeway.

Madhu's voice is nothing short of otherworldly, serving as both a portal and vessel for profound transformation.

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Madhu's proficiency extends to the realms of chanting, where he is well-versed in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Hebrew, Quechua, and Shipibo traditions. He is also skilled in the ancient art of Wisdom Healing (Zhineng) Qi Gong. Additionally, Madhu holds the distinction of being a sanctioned teacher of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Ancestral Peruvian Healing Arts. He offers training in this lineage through a comprehensive 5-part, year-long apprenticeship program. He is also an initiate in the Dagara lineage of ancestral divination.

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The meaning of his name, Madhu Anziani, beautifully encapsulates his essence - "Sweet Nectar of the Elders."

Read more about him here: madhuanziani.com