''The Wisdom Tree'' is a 2013 independent mystery

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directed by Sunil Shah and starring

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, Patrick Alparone, Eric Holter, Nick Scoggin, and Ross Turner. The film weaves science with art, music and

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. The film was screened to a limited audience in February 2013 at

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, and to attendees at the Science and Non-Duality Conference, (

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) in October 2013. The film's

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is scheduled for December 7, 2013 at AMC Metreon (

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). The film is slated for release across the United States in January 2014.

Premise

Steve Hamilton (Patrick Alparone), a conflicted quantum physicist, is struggling to deal with the aftermath of a mysterious car accident. His research on a potentially ground-breaking theory is in jeopardy. Together with Dr. Trisha Rao (

), a neuroscientist, and Mike Parker (Eric Holter), an FBI agent, Hamilton investigates a mystery.

Cast

*Patrick Alparone as Steve Hamilton *

as Dr. Trisha Rao *Eric Holter as Mike Parker *Nick Scoggin as Eugene Rogers * Ross Turner as Dr. Richard Armstong *Jessica Raaum as Debbie Hay

Production

The film was written and directed by Sunil Shah and produced by Laura Techera Francia and Renu Vora. The

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was composed by William Storkson, and features seven solo compositions rendered by Shweta Jhaveri, an

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and

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References

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