Classic Play: A Small Good Thing - Live with a Sense of Meaning

"Filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll believes three things:  First, in order to live well you have to know yourself. Second, once you know yourself you can create an authentic community. And finally, to build an authentic community you have take care of the earth it’s built on."   Continue reading

Everyday Power Blog: Fame, Money and Love - What We All Want

"Finding one’s purpose isn’t a matter of sitting around staring into space.  Most of us need to be out in the world of work and learning to know what is right and what is wrong for us." - Pamela Tanner Boll   Continue reading

Finding Purpose Small and Large

"By filming the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, [Director Pamela Tanner Boll] found her own extraordinary passion in life."   Continue reading

The Making of "A Small Good Thing"

"[An] acclaimed and poignant documentary."   Continue reading

"Documentary 'A Small Good Thing' shows how focusing on community leads to good health"

   "At its heart is an exploration of happiness and finding it by moving away from a 'more is better' philosophy to a holistic, health-centered, natural approach."      Continue reading

WUMB Interview with Director Pamela Tanner Boll

http://wumb.libsyn.com/a-small-good-thing Use the link above to check out the podcast from WUMB Radio Network with Barbara Lewis -- Director of the Trotter Institute for the Study of Black History at UMass Boston -- interviewing Director Pamela Tanner Boll about A Small Good Thing.   

“A film that feels far larger in its emotional depth than its name might suggest.”

"The Greenhorns strongly recommends filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll’s A Small Good Thing, a film that feels far larger in its emotional depth than its name might suggest." Continue reading

How Can We Live Better? The Film ‘A Small Good Thing’ Tries To Find Out

  In an era of rampant consumerism, a bloated blogosphere, Trump-eted messaging through thousands of media outlets and pervasive psychic indigestion, it might be difficult to unplug and sit still long enough to hear the quiet simple message of the film “A Small Good Thing.”   Continue reading

Director Pamela Tanner Boll talks happiness and her film, 'A Small Good Thing'

“This award-winning documentary ‘A Small Good Thing,’ offers a few perspectives on happiness without pontificating.” -Axs     Continue reading

'A Small Good Thing' film delivers big, insightful perspectives on happiness

“Without taking a religious avenue but more of a spirit one, “A Small Good Thing” delivers a few ingredients of what is truly important in life, perspectives banished from wealth, from technology, and seeping in human interaction.” -examiner.com Continue reading