Burning Man is now a household name but the older, more fascinating, Rainbow Gatherings are still obscure. Every summer since 1972 thousands of people co-create a temporary city deep in the wilderness of our national forests. This isn’t a music festival, people are there to practice anarchy and hippy spirituality. The “main event” is an elaborate prayer for peace on July 4th. We Love You documents the 2008 Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming. The Rainbows’ peaceful ways are challenged when federal agents charged with monitoring them shoot pepper spray projectiles into the children’s’ area of the gathering.
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In 2008, Jonathan Kalafer came to the Rainbow Gathering to make a documentary and experienced peace in the face of violence. The film’s title comes from frequently heard shouts at the gathering of “we love you” and it’s typical response, “we love you more.”
The female protagonists of my novel, Falling From The Moon, meet at a very Rainbowish gathering. If you are wondering if you would like a novel set in a fictional peace and healing gathering, watch Kalafer’s award winning documentary.
WE LOVE YOU: A Rainbow Gathering Documentary” from New Jersey Pictures on Vimeo.
