Ilchi Lee believes that peace is possible when the people of Earth come together and rise above their cultural differences, because we all have our planet and environment in common. This can also lead to increased awareness of our natural resources.
The 1980 film The Gods Must Be Crazy communicates this theme by bringing together three distinctly different cultures in South Africa and Botswana – the bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, English biologists and modern African civilization.
The bushmen are isolated from the rest of society and remain this way until a pilot flying overhead tosses a Coca Cola bottle from his window. The tribe comes to view the item as a gift from the gods, but it quickly breeds tension, because it is a limited resource.
A bushman named Xi travels to try and find the ends of the earth, where he can dispose of the bottle and restore peace to his tribe. On his way, he befriends people the likes of whom he has never seen before.
The film was a popular comedy when it hit theaters in 1980, grossing more than $100 million worldwide. It has been very favorable reviewed by critics, garnering a 95/100 rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
