VIDEO ~ RAINBOW FAMILY
"A Rainbow Gathering is Like an Acupuncture Needle on the Earth"
RAINBOW GATHERINGS
We Love You: an award winning new documentary
The 2011 Gathering
July 1 to July 7 in Washington
Every summer since 1972, Rainbow Gatherings have attracted tens of thousands of people at a time to a different U.S. National Forest. They create a temporary city in the wilderness, complete with kitchens, plumbing, medical care, sanitation, and childcare. The gathering culminates with an elaborate and graceful prayer for Peace on the Fourth of July. All of this happens through the efforts of 
individuals without any formal organization or leaders and without anyone buying a ticket or being paid for their labor. After the gathering, Rainbows take great efforts to re-naturalize the area, leaving virtually no trace that, what is often the largest city in the area, existed there.
Three-time Academy Award-Nominated Producer Steve Kalafer’s newest documentary We Love You (watch trailer at the end of this text) takes you to this mystical city that is co-created once a year. In the remote meadows and forests of Wyoming you'll see the achievement that is the Rainbow Gathering and meet some of the people who attend. You will hear the campfire music, drum circles, and prayer. You will witness the violent oppression this group endures when Federal Agents raid the children's area of the gathering with tasers and pepper-spray projectiles. Then, you will feel inspired as thousands gather the very next day and pray for peace. It isn’t a music festival, it isn’t Burning Man, and it isn’t your Grandpa’s Fourth of July BBQ . . . it is the Annual Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes. ~Written by Jonathan Kalafer Links Below
