House of Pioneers is honored to host the World Premiere of Seekers, a new six-part cinematic documentary series exploring what it means to be human in a fractured time.
Seekers follows real people at moments of inner rupture as they turn toward living wisdom traditions rarely encountered in the modern world. Filmed across the Amazon, the Himalayas, India, Africa, and Native America, the series offers intimate encounters with elders whose lineages speak directly to questions of mental health, identity, meaning, and belonging.
The premiere screening features Episode One, In This Body. In this opening chapter, actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos), after sixteen years of privately living with multiple sclerosis, travels to India to sit with a revered Hindu sage. What unfolds is a quiet, courageous reckoning with the body and an invitation toward radical self-acceptance.
The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with the creator of the series.
About the Creator
Gio Israel
Gio Israel is a director, producer, and cultural storyteller whose work bridges ancient wisdom and modern life. For more than twenty years, he has traveled globally, collaborating with communities to help preserve living traditions and fragile cultural knowledge.
His work explores mental health, human transformation, and storytelling as a tool for connection, ethical reflection, and collective care. Gio is the creator of Seekers, a cinematic documentary series dedicated to exploring timeless teachings through a contemporary lens.
