ADVANCING THE ART OF CHRISTIAN FILM
Inspiring the Next Generation of Christian Filmmakers to Stake New Ground in the Cinema and New Media
Art thaws even the frozen, darkened soul, opening it to lofty spiritual experience.
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Power of Story & the Problem of Evil with Scott Christensen
Pastor/theologian Scott Christensen talks about story from a very unusual vantage -- that of the problem of evil and the sovereignty of God. He wrote a massive book called What About Evil? which wrestles with some weighty subjects. So what does this have to do with...
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“A people is known, not by its statements or its statistics, but by the stories it tells.”
Flannery O’Connor
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Cultivating a Better Media Landscape with Dr. Ted Baehr
Dr. Ted Baehr has been an undying champion for the Christian faith and values in Hollywood for almost five decades. You may know Dr. Baehr for his organization MovieGuide which provides movie...
The Making of The Chosen with Dallas Jenkins
Dallas Jenkins is the director behind The Chosen, an episodic series on the life of Christ as told through the eyes of others, namely, the “chosen.” The series recently finished 8 episodes for the...
Reflections on Terrence Malicks ‘The Tree of Life’ with Peter Leithart
When I first saw Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life I knew I was watching the work of a brilliant filmmaker and storyteller. This film was a revolution in the way I thought about the cinema. But for all my admiration, there were things about it that perplexed me, and...
Cinematic Revolution of the French New Wave
We’re going to do something a little different in this episode. We’re going to get a practical crash course on The French New Wave. I know some of you are asking, "Why?" But the reason is simple. The French New Wave, in my opinion, offers a near-perfect role model for...
“The motion picture camera, like the printing press, is a gift from God. We can use it for God’s purpose.”
James K. Friedrich in the
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