Feb
20
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 …
Feb
13
[Viewed January 27th, 2012 at the LDS Film Festival. Screened version was described by the director as "95% complete".] Kels Goodman is a maverick filmmaker in any sense of the word. As writer (with Danna Tanner), director, producer, editor, and the sole financial sponsor, Goodman has been working on this “weekend warrior” project for most …
Feb
01
Notes from Day 4 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival:
Jan
29
Notes from Day 3 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival:
Jan
26
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 …
Jan
16
Island of Grace is the “Christian-ified” version of the film Rescued (one of Candlelight Media’s dual release films discussed in a previous post). While I wasn’t a huge fan of Rescued, I was curious about the differences and decided to re-watch both films to see what changes were worthy of note. You may ask: why? Why spend …
Jan
10
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 …
Jan
05
[The Book of Life -- written and directed by Marco Lui -- is now available for general viewing through Audience Alliance. The following is a reprint of my original review, posted in January 2011 at the LDS Film Festival]
Dec
19
Just in time for Christmas, let’s look at Christmas Angel, a holiday-themed movie directed by Brian Brough (Turn Around, Rescued, Beauty & The Beast) and released to video in 2009. Christmas Angel stars Bruce Davison as the title character, a rich retiree who spends his remaining years doing “Secret Santa” service for those around him.
Nov
15
Overcome, written by “Dani Franklin” and directed by “BJ Alexander”, stars “Jaycee Lynn” and was released to video in 2008. Yes, I’m using quotes deliberately here. “BJ Alexander”, “Dani Franklin”, and “Jaycee Lynn” do not, in fact, exist.
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