National Review on As We Forgive
National Review on As W...
National Review on As We Forgive As We Forgive The amazing aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. By Frederica Mathewes-Green I brought a handkerchief. The occasion was a screening of the documentary As We Forgive, slated to kick off American University’s Human Rights Film Series...
AWF on Steve Brown, ETC
AWF on Steve Brown, ETC...
AWF on Steve Brown, ETC Recently, Laura Waters Hinson was able to sit down with radio talk show host Steve Brown to discuss the radical reconciliation happening in Rwanda and the brand new 4GIVE campaign. In case you missed the interview, you can listen to it in full here on Steve...
MICHAEL JACKSON: Is this it?
MICHAEL JACKSON: Is thi...
MICHAEL JACKSON: Is this it? The first posthumous release from Michael Jackson has arrived, streaming at www.michaeljackson.com.  Unfortunately, “This is It” is a snoozer, a royal bore.   Perhaps it will sail to the top of the charts, but it won’t be rooted in merit.  Had...
God as a Convenient Falsehood in The Invention of Lying
God as a Convenient Fal...
God as a Convenient Falsehood in The Invention of Lying by Dr. Marc T. Newman No one watching the trailers for Ricky Gervais’ The Invention of Lying would have any idea that the film is largely a thinly-veiled attack on the truth claims of monotheistic religion – one that mirrors...
New York Times calls After the Storm a community salve
New York Times calls Af...
 “A big, warm hug of feel-better entertainment” Movie Review After the Storm Donn Young/Know Productions A scene from the film “After the Storm,” in which a New Orleans troupe performs the musical “Once on This Island.” October 5, 2009 A Troubled-Waters Musical...
2009 Woodstock Film Festival Announces Audience Award Winners
2009 Woodstock Film Fes...
2009 Woodstock Film Festival Announces Audience Award Winners PRESS RELEASE   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  CONTACT: Press Director Ilene Marder (845) 246-1122; Deputy Gabe Meyers (845) 679-4265 Hi-Rez Photos available at  http://gallery.me.com/wffpr WOODSTOCK FILM...
LETTERMAN: No laughs on the Late Show
LETTERMAN: No laughs on...
LETTERMAN: No laughs on the Late Show David Letterman and Stephanie Birkitt Having just reflected on all the cultural offenses and mea culpas popping up across the blogosphere, I find David Letterman’s public confession on Late Night both fascinating and distressing.  What a messy...
Polanski and Atonement by Craig Detweiler
Polanski and Atonement ...
POLANSKI and ATONEMENT October 1, 2009 Roman Polanski Original Arrest How do we pay for our crimes?   Is an apology enough?   How contrite do we need to be for it to qualify?   Kanye West seemed to get it right on the fourth or fifth confession.  It took Jay Leno asking Kanye...
Our Friend Ami
Our Friend Ami...
Our Friend Ami Five years ago, my brother Ed and I were involved in a “little” project called 39 Pounds of Love. Many of you have seen this film and have been inspired by Ami Ankiliwitz’ life story. Sadly, we lost our friend and hero, Sept. 21, 2009. He was 41. Ami...
Laura Waters Hinson Learns to Forgive
Laura Waters Hinson Lea...
Laura Waters Hinson Learns to Forgive by Katie Garton | Movie Maker Magazine:Published October 1, 2009  Producer-director of the documentary As We Forgive, Laura Waters Hinson.  Could you forgive the person who killed your father? Could you forgive the person who raped your mother?...

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