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Conversations with the Dead : Film screening

  • The Vic Devonport · Auckland
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Conversations with the Dead : Film screening
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If you have any interest in E.V.P (Electronic Voice Phenomena), or I.T.C (Instrumental Transcommunication) AKA alleged communications with the spirit world, you won't want to miss this!
We'll be hosting a special screening of a new full-length documentary film called Conversations with the Dead, directed by Fernando Cortizo.
After much discussion and anticipation, we can finally announce the first screening date of this incredible and thought-provoking new film. We are hoping for more around the country, as suitable venues become available.
Friedel's Conversations with the Dead is the story of the Swedish painter and opera singer Friedrich Jürgenson, who pioneered the study of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), in which deceased people appear to make contact with the physical world utilising electronic devices such as radios, tape recorders, computers and televisions.
The 12th of June 1959 was a key date in the modern history of EVP research. That is to say, when Jürgenson, quite unintentionally and unconsciously, recorded his mother's voice on the tape recorder he used to record birdsong in the forest, in a small Swedish village called Mölnbo.
Unusual because the tape recorder and tape were new, whereas she had been dead for five years!
Born in Odessa in 1903 during the first Russian revolution, Friedel, as he was affectionately known, witnessed the carnage and dead bodies piled up in the streets at a young age. When he was six years old, his father took him to a slaughterhouse, and when he heard the screams of animals being killed, he said there and then, "It is not right for man to eat dead animals." That was a defining event in his life, and he became a lifelong vegetarian. His childhood experiences were a stark vision of the fragility of human existence and the cruelty imposed on animals, and a reminder to him that death is never far away.
This full-length and fascinating documentary film is based on the book of the same name.
Friedel’s Conversations with the Dead: The Fascinating Story of Friedrich Jürgenson, Pioneer of EVP, by Anabela Cardoso & Anders Leopold.
We’ll discover his research process, how the first recordings were made, and the results that astonished the world and captured the international media spotlight.
Click the link to watch the trailer for this fascinating new documentary, directed by Fernando Cortizo.
https://vimeo.com/1101457845/b733e4da13?share=copy
Note: Tickets are limited, so get in quick!
For the Auckland screenings, the Paranormal NZ team will be on hand to introduce the film and host a short Q&A before the screening. So grab your tickets, a box of popcorn from the counter, and come join us for an evening of paranormal exquisiteness!
1ST SCREENING : NOVEMBER 8TH, 12pm @ The Vic Theatre in Devonport.
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!
https://www.thevic.co.nz/movie/conversations-with-the-dead
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The Vic Devonport, 48-56 Victoria Rd, Devonport,Auckland, New Zealand

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