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“The Zookeeper’s Wife” and our call to provide sanctuary

March 21, 2017 By Sister Rose

The following is a guest post asking us to reflect on the current refugee situation, indeed crisis, and our response as believers in view of the release of “The Zookeeper’s Wife” film on March 31, 2017. Our Call to Provide Sanctuary Co-authored by: Lori Margaret, Christian Interfaith Activist Sue Obedi, Hollywood Bureau Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council Rabbi Sarah Bassin, Reform Rabbi The Zookeeper’s Wife tells the story of Antonina Żabiński, a working wife and mother who… Read more

‘Cries from Syria’: J’accuse! Airs tonight 3/13/17 HBO

March 13, 2017 By Sister Rose

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The opening scene of Cries from Syria is of a two-year old baby laying dead on the sea shore, the rippled waves washing over him, because the boat bringing him to Europe capsized. This new HBO Documentary film (it premiered at Sundance in January) by Oscar and Emmy nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky premieres tomorrow night on television. The tragedy of the Al-Assad regime’s oppression and genocide is guaranteed to shock even an audience habituated to graphic war violence on television,… Read more

‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ – true story coming soon

March 9, 2017 By Sister Rose

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I’ll be seeing the film next week; this information is from the publicist. The couple saved at least 300 Jews from death during World War II. Here’s a description of the book from Wikipedia: The Zookeeper’s Wife THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE – Synopsis In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh, a European Film Award nominee for the Academy Award-nominated The Broken Circle Breakdown), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing… Read more

‘The Shack” – finding God in the dark

March 3, 2017 By Sister Rose

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“The Shack,” based on the 2007 best-selling novel by William P. Young, is now a major motion picture starring Sam Worthington and Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer. In wide release today, the film, in my humble opinion, far surpasses the novel. As anyone who reads my reviews knows, I am not a fan of the “Christian” genre, because most of those movies lead with a message rather than the story. I prefer to figure out what the movie means rather than… Read more

Hollywood 2016: Oscar review and my votes

February 25, 2017 By Sister Rose

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2016 was a very good year for Hollywood. Disney made more than $1 billion — again — before the year was half over (the first studio ever to reach that amount in just over four months) and the hits just kept on coming: “Finding Dory,” “The Jungle Book,” etc. I only saw 56 films in 2016, far fewer that my usual 100. However, the quality of those that I did see was certainly worth the time and effort. Of the… Read more

“The Shack” Hollywood Drama with a Catholic Touch

February 23, 2017 By Sister Rose

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This is the cover of St. Anthony Messenger for March 2017 and here is the link to my story The Shack: Hollywood Drama with a Catholic Touch Read more

‘Ransom’: the best TV show you aren’t watching

February 23, 2017 By Sister Rose

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Due to the limited amount of television shows I can record, my DVR didn’t start recording “Ransom,” a new CBS drama, until the fourth episode, “Joe,” which aired Jan. 28. But I was traveling and when I got home I had three, then four episodes to watch. Wow. I’m impressed. The drama revolves around the character of a former FBI agent, Eric Beaumont (Luke Roberts) who leads a team of crisis and hostage negotiators that private citizens and governments call… Read more

Film Showcase at the LA Religious Education Congress 2017

February 23, 2017 By Sister Rose

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2017 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress Film Showcase FEBRUARY 24 7PM Coffee and dessert 7:45 – 10PM event Anaheim Convention Center (Room 101) 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, California 92802 The LMU Center for Religion & Spirituality and the LA Office of Religious Education invite you to the 2017 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress Film Showcase at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday, February 24. Sponsored by LMU School of Film and Television, National Catholic Reporter, the Pauline Center for… Read more

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story – Exclusive clips from PBS

February 23, 2017 By Sister Rose

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A provocative new one-hour documentary, An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story, directed by Martin Doblmeier (Chaplains, Bonhoeffer, The Power of Forgiveness) is airing on PBS stations in April. The film explores the life and continued legacy of the influential Niebuhr, who spent most of his life on the FBI watchlist and whose writings influenced political figures including Pres. Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Jimmy Carter, civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Andrew Young, and many… Read more

The Shack: Christian Film with a Catholic Touch

February 19, 2017 By Sister Rose

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My feature story on the new film “The Shack” is now live at St. Anthony Messenger! Be sure to click through to read the entire story. (I have posted just a few opening paragraphs here.) The film opens on March 3, a great film – and just in time – for Lent. In 2007, Canadian author William P. Young, with the help of two minister friends, self-published The Shack, a novel that he had written as a Christmas gift for… Read more