Limitless Sky Records: Blog

The summer of 2009 took a most unexpected turn. The theory's and ideas discussed and presented over many meetings began to come to life.  Rosa and I found ourselves at a Brazilian barbeque restaurant in Burbank, California.   We carried that funny feeling, the intersection between nerves and excitement, as we went to meet Dennis Banks for the first time.  We were poised to leap off the edge of a cliff whose end is unseen.  Just know that Spirit guides.

Through this lens we spot Lynn Salt, David Mueller and Dennis Banks at a table, sipping water.  Hearts throbbing, we greet Lynn and David who then make the formal introduction.  Dennis Banks extends his hand and I look at it.

This is the hand which has been through the stuff of myth.  It's attached to a body controlled by a brain that is the stuff of legend.  This hand has wielded pen to paper, those challenges successfully presented to one of the most powerful governments in the World.  This hand took on the injustice, pain and suffering piled for centuries onto innocents who made North America their home for thousands of years before the Europeans set foot on this land.  And here I am, the new wave of invader.  What kind of hand can I offer?

Yet its grasp was understanding, gentle, forgiving.  Dennis Banks does not dwell in the past.  He is fixed on the future, he is fixed on fixing the future for us all.

After this meal, Dennis Banks was to return with us to our small house in Los Angeles.  He was going to sleep in our little guest room and eat with us in our little kitchen.  In our basement we would record this living legend for the film about him.  Was this really happening? Why us?  Why now?  As they say in Malaysia: How Can?

Dennis Banks made instant friends with us.  With first eye contact, we knew this was going to be easy.  We had never hosted the leader of a Nation before and as a leader he took charge and made it all easy and smooth.

To say this was an honor is not right.  There are no words to describe the feeling.  It was something that happened and now its edified into an incredible film about a person so large that only creation can see him as a man.

Dennis Banks is a real hero.  He is kind, considerate, passionate, compassionate.  He is an Artist, a lawyer, a warrior, a diplomat, a poet, a walker, a joker, a farmer, a leader, a father and grandfather.  He is full of life and grows stronger from the vigors of it.

As we worked on the documentary film, "A Good Day To Die" and learned more about him, Dennis Banks also became a role model, an inspiration, and a teacher.

All this to say that the delivery by Adil Tyabji of the promotional materials for "A Good Day to Die" signals the upcoming release of this important film.

We cant wait for you to see it!  Check back with us for more news.