Your Stage : Success story of online distribution by Crystal Litz

DOCUMENTARY BECOMES INTERNATIONAL SENSATION ONLINE – GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT STILL GROWING “Origins” has more than 500,000 Views Online in First Week – Global Success Story of Online Film Distribution Los Angeles, December 1, 2014 -- A documentary film about personal and planetary health, “Origins” has become an international sensation online, garnering more than 500,000 views worldwide in its first week of release. The film, which was produced and directed by Dr. Pedram Shojai, founder of Well.org, has been shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media and has gone viral as a result of grassroots and online campaigns. Eschewing traditional distribution methods, Dr. Shojai, who previously directed the documentary film “Vitality”, has premiered his latest project entirely online (http://origins.well.org/movie). “Origins”, which features interviews with some of the leaders in global health and sustainability, has been featured and discussed in hundreds of blogs, websites and social media posts across the world.