Michael Bellas (aka Vincent Tivoli for his fiction work) has been arguing for a trauma enaged society to respond to our anti-grieving culture, amidst mounting evidence of the normalization of ignoring trauma in our world. For the last ten years, he has been responding to a general audience because trauma effects everyone in many aspects of our lives. In his latest offering he suggests the outstretched arms of Christ were a demonstration of love in its purest and most powerful sense in the fulfillment of every dimension of God’s covenant to care about the trauma of the whole of humanity in all its guises.

In 2021, Michael and his brother Jack Tivoli made Have You Seen a Pigeon Fly. It was developed out of Vincent’s podcast called Zerubbabel Bo and The Day the World Stopped Crying.

In December 2021, the movie was the Narrative Feature Award Winner for the Madrid International Short Film Festival . It was a Finalist in both the Tokyo International Short Film Festival and the International Music Video Awards. It was a semi-finalist for the Serbest International Film Festival and it was selected for the Chicago Indie Film Awards. Finally, it is the most selected film on film freeway receiving five selections.

The philosophy behind the film is best understood by reading the Articles section and listening to the ABC Radio and 3CR Radio sections.

The movie is acted by Rob Macpherson and the director, producer and writer was Vincent Tivoli. Bill Mousoulis was the Line Producer and Editor while Werner Lach was the Cinematographer. Eight songs/videos are by Vincent’s brother Jack Tivoli and MJ Flores assisted him in editing and completing the videos. Shannon Green (mrcelsius.bandcamp.com) did the background music and Jack Tivoli also did some background music.

The story in the movie is dedicated to future generations who will have to face the climate reality, mental health trauma and violence. My desire is that the story gives people hope and something to hang onto within their future circumstances.

Going back to the podcast, it was written and spoken by Vincent Tivoli, featuring original songs written and performed by Vincent and Jack Tivoli with some songs written in collaboration with others or performed by others. The spoken performance was recorded at The Black Box in Melbourne.

The podcast and the movie are works of speculative dystopian fiction, which imagine a future in which human beings suddenly cannot access or express their internal emotional lives.

There is an underlying theme of hope.