{"id":83175,"date":"2020-02-27T17:34:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=83175"},"modified":"2020-03-02T23:41:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T06:41:57","slug":"83175","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2020\/02\/83175.html","title":{"rendered":"New &#8220;Witnesses&#8221; trailer available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83178\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2020\/02\/87736019_797000497467575_8089643396768989184_o.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-83178\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2020\/02\/87736019_797000497467575_8089643396768989184_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"JS and wood chips\" width=\"596\" height=\"447\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Wuthrich (\u201cJoseph Smith\u201d) in a scene from the Interpreter Foundation\u2019s <em>Witnesses<\/em> film project. The still photograph was taken by James Jordan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I signed an agreement with <a href=\"http:\/\/purdiedistribution.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Purdie Distribution<\/a> last weekend on behalf of the Interpreter Foundation and the <em>Witnesses<\/em> film project. \u00a0Purdie Distribution has many years of experience with distributing independent films, and specifically films oriented to Latter-day Saint themes and audiences. \u00a0Accordingly, our publicity push for <em>Witnesses<\/em> begins this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we\u2019ve been graciously invited to do\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/2020-theatrical-announcement-f\/2730251953872407\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a one-hour panel discussion<\/a>\u00a0on <em>Witnesses<\/em> as part of the nineteenth annual LDS Film Festival on Saturday, 29 February 2020 \u2014 that\u2019s this coming weekend \u2014 at 5 PM at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem, Utah. \u00a0Admission to the panel discussion will be without charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this connection, I\u2019m pleased that <a href=\"https:\/\/witnessesfilm.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a modified film trailer<\/a> is now available on the website of the <em>Witnesses<\/em> project, combining footage from both the forthcoming\u00a0<em>Witnesses<\/em> theatrical film and the documentary that will be produced to accompany it. \u00a0I encourage you to take a look at the revised trailer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here is a description of the general contours of the project from the <em>Witnesses<\/em> website:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Feature<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Many know the story of the witnesses but few know why three men who, though intimately involved in the beginnings of the <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/mormonism' target='_blank'>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>, chose to leave it. Would they return? To reach a broader and younger audience, the dramatic film WITNESSES introduces viewers to the key Book of Mormon witnesses and their dramatic stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Documentary<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Were the eleven official witnesses of the Book of Mormon reliable? Were there unofficial witnesses? What did women experience? Were the plates actually gold? Could witnesses really hear the voice of God and yet still doubt His prophet? In a unique and innovative blend of behind-the-scene footage with scholars, skeptics, and experts, this hour will get families talking as we face the fact that none of the witnesses ever denied their claims, but boldly proclaimed their testimonies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Snippets<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">To share the depth of so many insightful interviews with those who desire to learn more, the team will ultimately produce SNIPPETS\u2014many short \u201cfilms\u201d about 3.5 minutes long\u2014and distribute them via\u00a0<a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/witnessesfilm.com\/interpreterfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">The Interpreter Foundation<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This has been a while coming, and there\u2019s still work to do. \u00a0But we\u2019re headed into the home stretch with a good head of steam, and I\u2019m excited about the way that things are coming together. \u00a0If you\u2019re still interested in being involved, there is still opportunity. \u00a0Please scroll down through the website and you\u2019ll see how.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 I signed an agreement with Purdie Distribution last weekend on behalf of the Interpreter Foundation and the Witnesses film project. \u00a0Purdie Distribution has many years of experience with distributing independent films, and specifically films oriented to Latter-day Saint themes and audiences. \u00a0Accordingly, our publicity push for Witnesses begins this week. \u00a0 That\u2019s why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[259,873,114,8870,921,6384],"class_list":["post-83175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book-of-mormon-witnesses","tag-film","tag-interpreter-foundation","tag-project","tag-witnesses","tag-witnesses-film"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New &quot;Witnesses&quot; 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