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- From John Priddy I wish you could have seen “Winning the Peace” on the big screen as I did in 2005 at the Directors’ Guild of Hollywood. That year, Eli Akira Kaufmann’s masterful 18-minute film won the Angelus Student Film Festival Fujifilm Audience Impact Award. Kaufmann...

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WINNING THE PEACE Winning the Peace Winning the Peace is the story of an Iraqi American Marine on a personal crusade to redeem his place of birth. Ultimately his moral imperative to torment the wicked and save the aggrieved proves untenable. The film screened at Windrider in Park...

Oscar Fun With Heather ...

Heather Rae poses in her Oscar dress Oscar Fun With Heather and Her Dress We were in the midst of editing Out of the Blue with Heather Rae, when she received a call from director Courtney Hunt inviting her to come on board of her indie film as a producer. Little did we know, that...

OSCAR ALTERNATIVES: The...

By Craig Detweiler. Originally posted at his Purple State of Mind blog. While this weekend’s Academy Awards will hopefully get a few things right (Best Cinematography to The Dark Knight, Best Supporting Actress for Viola Davis in Doubt), there are invariably disappointments...

TAKING CHANCE: An Invit...

By Craig Detweiler. Originally posted at his Purple State of Mind blog. Kevin Bacon as Lt. Colonel Mike Strobl in "Taking Chance" I wept throughout Taking Chance. This powerful film starring Kevin Bacon as a stoic Marine competed at the Sundance Film Festival last month....

Of Planes and Fathers...

- From John Priddy Please enjoy “Little Red Plane,” a six-minute, award-winning, beautifully animated short that’s been screened worldwide, receiving both critical and technical acclaim. Filmmaker Joey Jones is one of my all-time favorite people. In this film, he and partner...

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LITTLE RED PLANE Little Red Plane Little Red Plane tells the tale of a young boy whose imagination takes him on a spiritual journey with a gift from his father. In a tree house, safe from the world around him, a little boy immerses himself in dreams of flying and memories of his absent...

OSCAR RACE 2009: HARVEY...

By Craig Detweiler, originally posted at his Purple State of Mind Blog. Slumdog Millionaire will win the Academy Award for Best Picture. But what about the acting categories? Months ago, I championed two big performances in small movies. I was thrilled to see Melissa Leo nominated...

Barriers, Boundaries…...

- From John Priddy I am so excited to be able to share this wonderful 23 minute film with you as part of “Windy Wednesday’s.” Each Wednesday, I will post an award winning and thought provoking film from one of these modern day sages. Barbara Stepansky of the American...

Taylor University featu...

Originally posted at the Chronicle-Tribune online. By Andrew Neel. Taylor University senior Angie Lindahl talks to Cherien Dabis, director of the independent film Amreeka after the Sundance Film Festival’s showing of the movie Monday in Park City, Utah. Film festival a place to...

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