Codex Now LLC
Our films aim to help people live better, happier lives by showing how others have done so. We have been backed by foundation support, the French Film Board, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KTO, Planete, and others, and our work is intended for public television, libraries, universities, doctors, hospitals and anyone who can benefit from it.
George Crawford, managing director of Codex Now, was President of the Harvard Law Review and, in his twenties, clerked for Justice Byron White at the United States Supreme Court and served on the White House staff, before going on to practice law, develop investment funds and teach as a Consulting Professor at Stanford University. He also helped create affordable housing and job training in Los Angeles.
Films
The Healing Within
The Healing Within shows how doctors reduce stress through meditation and exercise, along with drugs and surgery, to prevent and treat disease, including heart disease and cancer. One man believes meditation has helped prolong his life for years after his heart stopped, and he flatlined before resuscitation by doctors. He learned meditation from a book (with his doctor?s knowledge) to cope with his stressful job. We also focus on patients of Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard and Thierry Bouillet in Paris.
NIGHTLIGHT - Solar Lighting Off the Grid
Solar lighting is a necessity and not just a green alternative for billions of villagers in the emerging developing world who live far from the electric power grid that connects our large cities. In many countries including the US, people are practicing what they preach to do their part to protect the environment. In Nightlight ? Solar Lighting Off the Grid, viewers get an inside look at some real life examples including actor and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr., who has embraced a lifestyle that depends on solar power rather than on fossil fueled power plants and cars, and actor Larry Hagman, who played JR in the successful TV series Dallas, has installed the largest residential solar array in the US at his California estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He even sells power from it to the utilities. (He says oilman JR would go for solar too, if he could make money at it.) We also travel to South America to a small village in Peru where solar power has made a positive impact on the community by improving livelihoods and social interactions among villagers. By examining these diverse models, Nightlight will inspire and empower viewers to make changes in their own lives for the good of the environment and future generations.
Mental Health
We are developing films on the plight of the mentally ill, including the homeless, and the need for new treatment facilities and alternatives. Many people end up on the streets, when treatment could help them live better lives, without the great expense to taxpayers through emergency rooms and the criminal law system.