Product Description
Best Documentary winner at the 2009 LA Femme Film Festival, this is the story of Hedy and Yumi Schleifer, recognized amongst their peers as one of the world s most dynamic and inspiring relationship building teams. Fueled by their own emotional scars from the Holocaust and their power struggles during their four decades of marriage, they've taught, worldwide, a skill set for couples that leads to passionate, rewarding, and lasting relationships. Follow Hedy and Yumi into their Adventure in Intimacy workshops in Vancouver, Vienna, and Israel where you will witness the transformation of couples as they are Crossing the Bridge to each other, an intimate ritual designed to eliminate the emotional pollution that exists in the sacred space of our relationships.
Review
Technically it is stunning the visuals, the music, and the symbols are so powerful...it will be a center piece of the Couples Counseling course I teach. --Bert Bertram, Ed. D. LMHC & LMFT
Someone asked me which films I liked best. Hedy and Yumi Schleifer s Crossing the Bridge. I encourage you all to see it. --Diane Sollee, Director of Smart Marriages Conference and Founder of the Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education
The DVD brilliantly demonstrates the power of this (Imago) work. --Margery Silverton, LCSW-C, Relationship Counseling Services
About the Actor
Hedy Schleifer is an internationally-renowned master relationship builder and motivational speaker. Her beloved life’s work is guiding people in relationships to experience the most alive and joyful connection with each other. Hedy has dedicated her personal and professional lives to the exploration of relationship building and the development of relational intelligence and maturity. She has 40 years of professional experience with a BA from UCLA in Psychology and an MA in Clinical and Child Psychology from Tel Aviv University, as well as over 50 years of personal experience in her marriage and “living laboratory” with her husband, Yumi. Hedy’s current work with Encounter-centered Couples Transformation® has its roots in Hedy’s earlier work: Encounter-centered Couples Therapy™. Using this approach, Hedy educates and guides couples, mental health professionals, coaches, leaders. and executives in the power of connection and has also helped them to repair, heal, and transform their relationships. Hedy’s early career started in private practice where she counseled people affected with AIDS during the height of the crisis. She has also focused much of her attention assisting and empowering women to reach their full potential. Through the creation of a chapter of the Foundation for Mid-East Communication, Hedy was given a unique opportunity to work on Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations. Through that experience, Hedy dove deep into teachings about conflict dissolution and relational maturity, which she has brought to all of her work. A global citizen, Hedy speaks seven languages and has taught and provided her approach to relationships in more than 39 countries worldwide. Revered by students and clients all over the world, Hedy proudly works with people of all races, ethnicities, religions, and sexual and gender orientations. Hedy believes that world peace begins with the human family, and can best be achieved by creating strong, committed, growing and mature partnerships.
About the Director
Robyn Symon is a two-time Emmy award-winning writer/producer specializing in documentaries and television TV series. She has quickly become known in the industry as the transformational filmmaker, putting a spotlight on people who make a difference in the world.
A former TV news reporter, Symon wrote and produced the national PBS documentary series Voices of Vision, hosted by NPR s Scott Simon. The series focused on non-profit organizations and ranged in topics from combating human rights violations against women in West Africa, to China s looming fast food health crisis, to the history of Boys Town. While at PBS, Symon also wrote and produced the musical special Boleros: Unforgettable Love Songs with Ricardo Montalban, Celiz Cruz, Jose Feliciano and many top Latin music stars which became a fundraising favorite for PBS stations nationwide. While at PBS Symon also wrote and produced the series Florida! which aired for six seasons on The Travel Channel.
In 2007, Symon debuted in the indie arena, producing and directing the feature documentary Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard about one of the most controversial cultural figures of the human potential movement. At its New York premiere, Transformation broke the box office record. The film and TV rights were acquired by Screen Media Films.
Symon recently completed her latest feature documentary, Hedy & Yumi: Crossing the Bridge about relationship experts who have turned their pain from the Holocaust into a global mission to create a culture of connection. Symon is currently producing several projects including a documentary on two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee SOMPOP Jantraka who is on a mission to prevent young girls from entering Asia s sex trade, Grown Up Kidz about child caregivers, and the journey of a Canadian college grad in One Week Job who generated world wide attention for taking one job a week for a year in search of his passion.
Symon has been honored with numerous national awards including two Emmys for writing and producing short documentaries; 3 National Telly Awards; 2 NABJ awards, two Associated Press and UPI honors for news reporting.
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Director : Robyn Symon
- Media Format : NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 14 minutes
- Release date : September 22, 2008
- Actors : Hedy Schleifer, Yumi Schleifer
- Studio : Dynamic Duo Productions
- Number of discs : 1
