David Lynch may not be premiering a film at Cannes this May, but the acclaimed writer-director does have a new project to announce: a multi-million dollar mental health program.
The “Mulholland Drive” director and David Lynch Foundation founder revealed on April 14 that he is setting up an initiative to fund transcendental meditation training for 30,000 international college students with a goal to encourage the next generation to “become advanced peace-creating meditation experts and build a legacy of lasting global peace,” per a press release.
The program will invest approximately 500 million its first year, in partnership with Global Union of Scientists for Peace.
“We don’t know what tomorrow’s going to bring if we don’t get peace on this planet,” Lynch said in a promotional video, as reported by People. “This war in Ukraine, people were saying it’s not going to happen, and now it’s happened. People are dying.
The “Mulholland Drive” director and David Lynch Foundation founder revealed on April 14 that he is setting up an initiative to fund transcendental meditation training for 30,000 international college students with a goal to encourage the next generation to “become advanced peace-creating meditation experts and build a legacy of lasting global peace,” per a press release.
The program will invest approximately 500 million its first year, in partnership with Global Union of Scientists for Peace.
“We don’t know what tomorrow’s going to bring if we don’t get peace on this planet,” Lynch said in a promotional video, as reported by People. “This war in Ukraine, people were saying it’s not going to happen, and now it’s happened. People are dying.
- 4/15/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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