{"id":6922,"date":"2016-02-02T12:21:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2016-02-02T12:21:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:21:22","slug":"faith-themed-drama-born-to-win-debuts-today-on-dvd-and-on-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2016\/02\/faith-themed-drama-born-to-win-debuts-today-on-dvd-and-on-demand.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith-themed drama &#8220;Born to Win&#8221; debuts today on DVD and On Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"BORN TO WIN - Find It on Digital HD 1\/19 and DVD and On Demand 2\/2!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FUAAa0W5r3o?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 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46926\" class=\"yiv8018933246MsoNormal\"><strong><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46925\"><i>Born to Win<\/i> (Lionsgate Home Entertainment) arrives on DVD (plus Digital) and On Demand today (2\/15). <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46917\" class=\"yiv8018933246MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46919\">From the producer of the hit faith film <i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46921\">Faith Like Potatoes<\/i>, which sold over 2.2 million DVDs in 17 languages worldwide, the moving drama is based on the true story of Leon Terblanche, a teacher at a school for disabled children, who found himself confronted with the question: \u201cWhere is God?\u201d The search for an answer sets him him on a journey where he discovers that, through all the hurt and brokenness of his past, he was never alone. <i>Born to Win<\/i> shows how God turns the hurt, frustration and emptiness of a man into hope, faith and victory to inspire people to be the winners they were born to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46936\" class=\"yiv8018933246MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46935\">The film was released theatrically in South Africa in 2014 and won the Golden Crown Award for Best Evangelistic Film in 2015 (ICVM).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8018933246MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46935\">Written and directed by Frans Cronj<\/span>\u00e9, <em>Born to Win<\/em><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46938\"> features touching performances from an outstanding cast that includes Greg Kriek as Leon Terblanche (<i>Momentum<\/i>), Leon<\/span>\u00e9<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46940\"> Pienaar (<i>Break Away<\/i>), Nadia Beukes (<i>Mooirivier<\/i>), Cobus Venter (<i>Skin<\/i>), Marie Cronje (<i>Faith Like Potatoes<\/i>), Dorette Potgieter (<i>Citizen Verdict<\/i>), Anrich Herbst (<i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1454424263645_46942\">Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom<\/i>), Sylvia Mdunyelwa-Kobus (<i>Tula Tula<\/i>), Garth Collins (<i>Zulu<\/i>), Merlin Balie (<i>Break Away<\/i>), Tim Theron (<i>Mooirivier<\/i>) and Leandie Du Randt (<i>Semi-Soet<\/i>). A Frans Cronj<\/span>\u00e9 film was produced in association with Ocean Avenue Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born to Win (Lionsgate Home Entertainment) arrives on DVD (plus Digital) and On Demand today (2\/15). 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