Ephraim’s Rescue is writer/director T.C.Christensen’s second foray into the journeys and struggles of pioneer Mormons, following 2011′s 17 Miracles. It is not strictly a sequel, as it portrays common events between the films with different actors and different historical angles. Rather, Ephraim’s Rescue is a companion film — one that approaches the Martin handcart story from the …
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May
10
Coming Soon: Ephraim’s Rescue
Coming soon from director TC Christensen is Ephraim’s Rescue, a companion film of sorts to his previous film 17 Miracles. The official plot summary: From T.C. Christensen, director of the sensational pioneer film, 17 Miracles, comes the heroic true story of a simple man who was called to do the work of angels. Ephraim’s Rescue relates the …
Oct
04
The Twelve Best LDS/Mormon Films
Sean P. Means, film critic for the Salt Lake Tribune, has compiled a list of ten films that “show the best” from LDS cinema in its brief modern lifetime, demonstrating that there are talented LDS filmmakers working today. “Best of” lists are completely arbitrary, of course, and often exist just to provide an excuse for …
Apr
12
Review: Children of Joseph
Children of Joseph is a 35-minute DVD produced by the Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith Historical Society. It was created in 2011 by many of the same team from Emma Smith: My Story, and is available through Netflix and Amazon, as well as for purchase through the Historical Society’s website. When Joseph Smith Jr. was …
Feb
20
Nobody Knows / Unicorn City This Week
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 …
Aug
13
Coming Soon: Joseph Smith Volume 1 — 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 …
Jun
05
Review: 17 Miracles (B+)
17 Miracles (IMDB, official site) depicts the story of the Willie & Martin Handcart Companies, two Mormon pioneer groups making the trek on foot from Iowa to Utah in 1856 and who encountered trials, tragedies, and small miracles along the way. It is directed by T.C. Christensen, director of photography for The Work & The Glory series, and …
May
22
Coming Soon: 17 Miracles
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
25
Review: Joseph Smith and the Golden Plates (B-)
[Viewed at the LDS Film Festival on January 29th, 2011. Eventual theater or DVD release date unknown. Screened version was complete enough to show, but there's a strong possibility that more post-production and editing will be done pending an official release. If there are any significant changes in any publicly released version compared to this …
Jan
30
LDS Film Festival 2011: Day 2/Day 3 Report
Brief reports from Friday / Saturday from the 2011 LDS Film Festival:
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