{"id":27795,"date":"2023-03-13T11:58:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T15:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=27795"},"modified":"2023-03-14T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T12:46:55","slug":"oscars-finest-moment-abc-affiliates-airing-ukraine-doc-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer-takes-flight-at-sarasota-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2023\/03\/oscars-finest-moment-abc-affiliates-airing-ukraine-doc-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer-takes-flight-at-sarasota-film-festival.html","title":{"rendered":"Oscar&#8217;s finest moment + ABC affiliates airing Ukraine doc + &#8220;On a Wing and a Prayer&#8221; takes flight at Sarasota Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Here&#8217;s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media &amp; culture: 03\/13\/23<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>A great Hollywood ending\/beginning. <\/strong>Just when you&#8217;re almost ready to give up on the <strong>Academy Awards<\/strong> (and Hollywood) they deliver a moment like this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Ke Huy Quan is overcome with emotion as he accepts Oscar - full speech\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zFRIu7ehZl0?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><\/p>\n<p>For those of you unfamiliar with<strong> Ke Huy Quan<\/strong>&#8216;s inspirational journey check out <strong>Tracy Smith<\/strong>&#8216;s illuminating profile on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nDdHyRMmKRI\"><strong>CBS Sunday Morning <\/strong>profile<\/a>. His amazing Vietnamese refugee\/American Dream story is a great lesson in the values of love, perseverance and gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a timely reminder of the plight of refugees today. Which brings me to <strong><em>In Solidarity with Ukraine<\/em><\/strong>, a <strong>Knights of Columbus<\/strong>-produced film selected by the <strong>Interfaith Broadcasting Commission<\/strong> that continues making the rounds on <strong>ABC<\/strong> affiliates across the country. <span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\">For more information, including the broadcast schedule, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/en\/documentary\/solidarity-with-ukraine\/index.html\"><strong>ukrainefilm.com<\/strong><\/a>. Check out the trailer below.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"In Solidarity with Ukraine Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ngw-FjXtjyY?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><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotafilmfestival.com\/\">The 25th annual Sarasota Film Festival<\/a> (which begins on Friday, March 24) has announced that it will close on Sunday, April 2 with a special presentation of Amazon Prime Video\u2019s <em>On a Wing and a Prayer<\/em><\/strong>. The film, directed by <strong>Sean McNamara (<em>Soul Surfer<\/em>) <\/strong>and starring <strong>Dennis Quaid<\/strong>,<strong> Heather Graham <\/strong>and<strong> Jesse Metcalfe<\/strong> tells the true story of a pilot who dies unexpectedly while flying and a passenger who\u2019s forced to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family.<\/p>\n<p>Producer <strong>Roma Downey<\/strong> will also be in attendance to receive the<strong> Sarasota Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong>. Prior to that (on Saturday, April 1), the <em><strong>Touched by an Angel<\/strong> <\/em>star will host a book signing and intimate conversation in support of her newest devotional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Be-Angel-Devotions-Inspire-Encourage-ebook\/dp\/B0B2L7Z6F3\"><em><strong>Be An Angel<\/strong><\/em><\/a> at <strong>Bookstore1<\/strong> in downtown Sarasota. You can read my conversation with her about the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2023\/02\/roma-downeys-new-devotional-offers-a-road-map-for-how-to-be-an-angel.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SFF, <span id=\"yiv9600807574m_-705875675185664517gmail-docs-internal-guid-146f62c9-7fff-f8b2-c189-c32700b4e9cb\">one of the largest in North America, draws over 50,000 ticket holders annually. <\/span> <strong><em>On a Wing and a Prayer<\/em> makes its Prime Video debut on Good Friday (April 7). <\/strong>Check out the trailer below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"On a Wing and a Prayer - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C4UKU7W3PKE?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><\/p>\n<p><em>John W. Kennedy is a writer, producer and media development consultant specializing in television and movie projects that uphold positive timeless values, including trust in God. <\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em><span class=\"st\">Encourage one another and build each other up &#8211; <\/span><\/em><span class=\"st\">1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media &amp; culture: 03\/13\/23 A great Hollywood ending\/beginning. Just when you&#8217;re almost ready to give up on the Academy Awards (and Hollywood) they deliver a moment like this. For those of you unfamiliar with Ke Huy Quan&#8216;s inspirational journey check out Tracy Smith&#8216;s illuminating profile on CBS&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,7192,14,17,20,24,4206,31,1],"tags":[2470,14772,14781,11277,14778,7775,14769,14628,14775,14784,6371,3388,14766,8589],"class_list":["post-27795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-family-matters","category-freedom","category-gratitude","category-interfaith-dialogue","category-journalism","category-movies","category-power-of-prayer","category-television","category-uncategorized","tag-academy-awards","tag-amazon-prime-videos-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer","tag-bookstore1","tag-dennis-quaid","tag-devotional-be-an-angel","tag-heather-graham","tag-in-solidarity-with-ukraine","tag-interfaith-broadcasting-commission","tag-jesse-metcalfe","tag-ke-huy-quan","tag-knights-of-columbus","tag-roma-downey","tag-sarasota-film-festival","tag-sean-mcnamara-soul-surfer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oscar&#039;s finest moment + ABC affiliates airing Ukraine doc + &quot;On a Wing and a Prayer&quot; takes flight at Sarasota Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2023\/03\/oscars-finest-moment-abc-affiliates-airing-ukraine-doc-on-a-wing-and-a-prayer-takes-flight-at-sarasota-film-festival.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oscar&#039;s finest moment + ABC affiliates airing Ukraine doc + &quot;On a Wing and a Prayer&quot; takes flight at Sarasota Film Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media &amp; culture: 03\/13\/23 A great Hollywood ending\/beginning. 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