Tag: documentary

Ragamuffin

Can’t wait for this to release!

Ragamuffin -based on the life of Rich Mullins.

Set to release this year by Color Green Films in association with Kid Brothers of St. Frank Co.

It stars Mike Koch, David Schultz, Wolfgang Bodison, James Kyson and Mitch Mcvicker.

In addition, the producers are working on a second documentary film that contains footage they shot during the research phase of the movie. I’m looking forward to it as well – especially with interviews from Brennan Manning and other close friends and family members of Rich Mullins.

Seven films to watch over the holiday season

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Oregon-Portland-August 2009-13 anime theatre sepia | Photo by eprater

I love me some movies… especially those that tell a great story, make me think, teach me something new or challenge my way of thinking.

Perhaps that’s why I really appreciate the art of documentary.

With the holidays coming up, a lot of us will have more downtime than normal. So rather than popping the same ole’ comedy into the DVD player, try some of these thought-provoking documentaries on for size.

If you have a Netflix account, most of these can be viewed instantly on your computer (Wii, mobile phone or any other Netflix enabled device.)
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A Florida Outpouring

Roy W. Petersen

This week, Thomas chats with Roy W. Petersen on the podcast, who shares about his life and his passion for film.

He’s working on the final bits of a new documentary, Florida Outpouring, about the recent Lakeland Revivals in Florida.

Here’s the full trailer:

Looking forward to seeing it.

While there’s been a lot of criticism and hatred directed towards the Lakeland Revival, I love Roy and Thomas’ posture in talking about the revival as well. They both take a humble approach in examining what took place in Florida. Definitely worth a listen.

And huge props to Thomas for another great interview!

Special screening of “Playground”

Playground

300,000 women and children exploited for sex in our country each year.

The stats are astounding.

“You may choose to look the other way but you can never again say you did not know.” – William Willberforce

This demands attention!

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adopt a Jesus

Have you seen the new trailer for Brandt’s Russo’s documentary?

While I personally preferred the title “pastor’s parking only” (he joked about that title during the chat for our podcast), Brandt says the movie needed something a bit more serious and they’ve settled on a title, ‘”Adopt a Jesus” (which is an awesome idea and title in and of itself).

Brandt told me tonight (via facebook chat) that production is coming along great and he’s wrapping up a lot of the voice-over work this week. The movie is scheduled to be released in August of this year.

We can’t wait to see it!

Now if you’re expecting this movie to show up in your local theater – sorry – but that’s not very likely. Brandt and the other folks working on this movie are self-producing, self-distributing, and self-marketing this movie — so they can use all the help they can get to get this message out.

Hopefully after watching the trailer (and listening to Brandt’s story) you’re interest will be peaked and you’ll start getting word out about the movie on your blogs, twitter, facebook, myspace and elsewhere, and then you’ll join the facebook group, tell more friends about it and then see if you can organize a public screening in your area once the movie is out.

After watching the trailer and listening to Brandt’s story — what do you think?