Reminder – Login2life: screening and discussion, March 17th

Posted on by Inara Pey

Update: As per iSkye Silverweb’s comment below, it appears that plans have changed since I was originally informed of the event, and the film will now not be screened at the Sojourner Auditorium as stated. However, the panel discussion, commencing at approximately 20:00 SLT will be. If you wish to watch the film, Drax will be streaming it.

Login2Life is one of the most engaging and inspirational documentaries made about virtual worlds. Almost four years in the making, and originally released in 2011, Daniel Moshel’s film follows people from around the world who spend their time engaged in the virtual worlds of Second Life and World of Warcraft.

While it has had numerous broadcasts in Europe (notably in Germany), and a number of You Tube encores, it has never “officially” been premiered in the United States. However, as I recently reported, all this will change on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th 2015, when Login2Life is screened at the JCC Manhattan as a part of the 2015 Reel Abilities Film Festival.

The open-air Sojourner Auditorium, Virtual Ability Island, will host the in-world showing of Login2Life on Tuesday, March 17th, 2015, and will be the venue for the SL side of the SL / RL post-presentation discussion
The open-air Sojourner Auditorium, Virtual Ability Island, will host the in-world showing of Login2Life on Tuesday, March 17th, 2015, at 17:30 SLT and will be the venue for the SL side of the SL / RL post-presentation discussion

To mark this event there will be a simultaneous showing of the film at Virtual Ability’s Sojourner Auditorium, set to commence at approximately 17:30 SLT.

Both screenings will be followed by a special cross-over Q&A session, which will seen Login2Life director Daniel Moshel,  film participant and founder of Virtual Ability, Gentle Heron and the film’s soundtrack composer, Draxtor Despres, all in-world at the Sojourner Auditorium, where they will address questions from the audience at the JCC Manhattan, under the moderation of anthropologist and film-maker Faye Ginsburg, assisted by our own Avajean Westland.

If you haven’t seen Login2Life before, this is a most excellent opportunity for you to see one of the most engaging films on the subject of virtual worlds and the people who participate in them yet to have been produced.; a film I cannot commend strongly enough, and which I originally reviewed in 2011. Not to be missed.

Published by Inara Pey

Eclectic virtual world blogger with a focus on Second Life, VR, virtual environments and technology.

4 thoughts on “Reminder – Login2life: screening and discussion, March 17th”

  2. I believe a clarification is needed. I am given to understand that viewers are welcome to come sit at The Sojourner Auditorium in Second Life at the time of the showing, however the film itself will not be shown at the auditorium because there are portions of the film that deal with adult subject matter, and Virtual Ability is a G maturity rated sim. Viewers can watch the film at the YouTube site in their web browser of choice, then afterward there will be a discussion in world at The Sojourner Auditorium, starting after the film ends or about 7:00pm SLT, or 19:00 SLT, simultaneously with the real-world audience in New York City.

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    1. Thanks iSkye. I was taking my lead from Drax, that the film would be simultaneously shown, although admittedly that was passed to me at the time Drax asked me to help with the call for assistance in NYC, and matters may well have changed since then, and he and I have simply missed it.

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