{"id":1920,"date":"2012-01-30T05:47:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T10:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2012-01-30T06:06:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T11:06:58","slug":"three-upcoming-faith-friendly-movies-to-be-aware-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/01\/three-upcoming-faith-friendly-movies-to-be-aware-of.html","title":{"rendered":"Three upcoming faith-friendly movies you should be aware of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the crossroads of faith, media and culture, here are three upcoming films you may be interested in.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>John Schneider is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/doonbythemovie.com\/doonby\/\">Doonby<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em><\/em><strong><em>.<\/em> <\/strong>The film also features\u00a0 Ernie Hudson, Jennifer O&#8217;Neill, Robert Davi and Norma McCorvey, the original Roe v. Wade plaintiff who is now an ardent pro-life activist. <strong>Release Date: <strong>February 24 (<\/strong>limited opening in Dallas and Mississippi)<em><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/pro-life-movie-doonby-is-big-on-heart-low-on-preaching\/\">From LifeSiteNews<\/a>: Doonby is not your typical anti-abortion movie&#8230;In fact, for the first 95% of the film, you think you\u2019re watching a well-meaning low-budget thriller about a mysterious guy who shows up in a town and causes a bit of a stir. You wonder where it\u2019s going, but even if you know it\u2019s a pro-life movie, you\u2019re surprised, delighted, and moved by the way it ends.<strong><\/strong> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/octoberbabymovie.net\/\"><em>October Baby<\/em><\/a> arrives in March.<\/strong> A production of the Erwin Brothers and American Family Studios, <em>October Baby<\/em> <strong><em><\/em><\/strong>tells the story of 19-year-old Hannah, who finds out she is adopted and is the survivor of an attempted abortion. Hannah (Rachel Hendrix) then goes on a road trip to find answers and locate her birth mother. Besides Hendrix, the cast also features Jasmine Guy and <em>Doonby<\/em>&#8216;s John Schneider. <strong>Release Date: March 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"October Baby - Teaser Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L52Lciaui4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>3.<strong><em> Girl in Progress<\/em> proceeds toward theaters.<\/strong> Directed by Patricia Riggen (<em>Under the Same Moon<\/em>) and adapted from a screenplay written by Hiram Martinez, it&#8217;s the\u00a0 story of Grace (Eva Mendes), a busy single mom who struggles to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad&#8217;s English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette of\u00a0 TV&#8217;s <em>Medium<\/em>), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Disney star Raini Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to &#8220;adulthood.\u201d But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age. <strong>Release Date: April 27<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Girl in Progress\u00a0<\/em> is receiving early support from Christian churches and organizations such as the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) which says &#8220;The message is bound to impact thousands of lives and bring a life altering revelation, which will transform the homes of Hispanic families across the nation.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the crossroads of faith, media and culture, here are three upcoming films you may be interested in. 1. 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