WELCOME SPACE BROTHERS NZ Premiere

Name: WELCOME SPACE BROTHERS ***NZ Premiere***
Start: 2026-06-13T08:30:00+12:00
End: 2026-06-13T10:15:00+12:00
Location: Hollywood Avondale

Schedule

Sat Jun 13 2026 at 08:30 am to 10:15 am

UTC+12:00

Location

Hollywood Avondale | Auckland, AU

Co-presented with DocPlay: WELCOME SPACE BROTHERS unveils the true story of The Unarius Academy of Science, an extraterrestrial-channeling spiritual school in Southern California who in the late 1970s became a wildly prolific filmmaking collective under the direction of their outlandish spiritual leader Ruth E. Norman, AKA “Archangel Uriel.”
COME EARLY! Doors 5:30pm, pre-show 6pm *Get a 3 month DocPlay subscription with your ticket.
“If I didn’t know Jodi Wille’s film, Welcome Space Brothers, was a documentary, I’d swear it was a WTF, insane, sci-fi tale of weirdness. The story of Ruth is fascinating….” - Film Threat
"“As with (Wille’s) previous film The Source Family…she remains steadfastly non-judgemental about the unconventional spiritual utopian communitarianism that is so often dismissed as delusional hippy bullshit. Where corporate stooge David Letterman saw Uriel as one zany kook among an endless stream of “talent,” Wille accepts her as a significant historical figure—a flawed but visionary creative force for good in the world, deserving of our respect." - Artillery
Ultimately, Welcome Space Brothers celebrates the Unarians’ singular world view and actualised artistic vision while also capturing the messy social dynamics that are an equally important part of their lore. In charting the journey of a group of flawed human beings united by a shared desire to transform themselves through collaborative creation.
DIRECTOR Jodi Wille resists judgement or salaciousness. “Cultivating a sense of wonder, allowing for mystery to exist and having a sense of respect for people who believe different things to us is something that I’d love to share,” she says. “I’d love to see more of it in the world.”