Category Archive: General News

Feb
20

Nobody Knows / Unicorn City This Week

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Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons — a documentary created by Margaret Young and Darius Gray will be broadcast on the Documentary Channel this Tuesday, February 20th.   Nobody Knows chronicles some of the stories of early black Latter-Day Saints (including Elijah Abel, the first black priesthood holder, ordained in 1836) and addresses …

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Jan
27

LDS Film Festival 2012: Day 2

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Brief reports from Day 2 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival

Jan
26

LDS Film Festival 2012: Overview & Day 1

LDS Film Festival

Notes from Day 1 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival: Looking through the final schedule, this year’s LDS Film Festival has the usual variety of feature films, short films, and documentaries, but new this year are some “musical interludes” before screenings featuring local musical artists.  Undoubtedly a decision made to broaden the scope of the …

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Jan
10

LDS Film Festival 2012 Schedule Announced

LDS Film Festival 2012

The 2012 LDS Film Festival will be taking place January 25th through the 28th at the SCERA theater in Orem, Utah.  The primary schedule has been announced at the official site, although there will be further updates of showings and presentations closer to the festival opening. Some highlights of this years schedule: Redemption — a drama …

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Aug
13

Coming Soon: Joseph Smith Volume 1 — Plates of Gold

Joseph Smith Plates of Gold

Director Christian Vuissa’s (One Good Man, The Errand of Angels) latest directorial effort Joseph Smith — Volume 1: Plates of Gold has started screening in select theaters around the country and will arrive in Utah theaters on September 2nd.  The official site will have details as to theater location and release dates for states around …

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May
22

Coming Soon: 17 Miracles

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From writer/director T.C.Christensen (director of photography for The Work & The Glory series, and co-director of Emma Smith: My Story) comes 17 Miracles, a dramatization of stories from early LDS pioneers in the Willie and Martin handcart companies.

Feb
08

Is Trouble “Brewing”? LDS Actors Get Super Bowl Exposure

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Two well-known LDS actors got a chance for world-wide exposure during the Super Bowl yesterday, appearing in two different commercials.

Jan
30

LDS Film Festival 2011: Day 2/Day 3 Report

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Brief reports from Friday / Saturday from the 2011 LDS Film Festival:

Jan
28

LDS Film Festival 2011: Day 0/Day 1 Report

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Brief reports from Wednesday/Thursday from the 2011 LDS Film Festival:

Jan
25

LDS Film Festival 2011: Whither “The Maze”?

LDS Film Festival 2011

Already some schedule changes with the 2011 LDS Film Festival (which starts tomorrow, January 26th). The original schedule had a late-night Friday showing of The Maze — a horror film / thriller featuring a group of teens who sneak after hours into a corn maze and are stalked (pun intended) by a serial killer. The …

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