{"id":7966,"date":"2019-04-12T11:31:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7966"},"modified":"2019-04-26T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T16:29:08","slug":"gosnell-screening-white-house-cnns-van-jones-redemption-project-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2019\/04\/gosnell-screening-white-house-cnns-van-jones-redemption-project-series.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Gosnell&#8221; screening at White House + CNN&#8217;s Van Jones on his &#8220;Redemption Project&#8221; series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media:<\/p>\n<p><strong>President Trump is reportedly screening the movie <em>Gosnell<\/em> today (4\/12) at the White House. <\/strong>The film, based on grand jury testimony surrounding the case of former abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell shines an unflattering spotlight on late-term abortions. Gosnell is currently serving a life sentence on three counts of first-degree murder. The movie, which\u00a0 stars Dean Cain as the Philadelphia detective investigating the case, opened last year and took in $3.7 million at the domestic box office. More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/anti-abortion-movie-gosnell-screen-at-white-house-1200606\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the original trailer for the film which is now available on DVD.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"GOSNELL The Trial of America&#039;s Biggest Serial Killer latest movie Trailer 2018 creative paws\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5zinPhzF_c?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><strong><span class=\"pg-1ff3\">The <\/span><span class=\"pg-1ff3\">CNN Original Series <em>The Redemption Project with Van Jones<\/em> premieres Sunday, April 28 <\/span><\/strong><strong>at 9:00 PM (ET). <\/strong>The <span class=\"pg-1ff3\">eight-part program, created <\/span>and executive produced by Jonas Bell Pasht and Jonah Bekhor of Citizen Jones and Academy Award-nominated director Jason Cohen, offers a rare glimpse into the restorative justice process. The episodes will follow the victims (or surviving family members) of life-altering crimes as they journey to meet face-to-face with offenders in the hope of finding answers or some sense of healing. Jones, who will serve as a guide for the viewer throughout this transformational experience, says \u201cI wanted to do <em><span class=\"pg-1ff4\">The Redemption Project<\/span><\/em> because I think we have lost our sense of grace and empathy and the capacity to forgive in our culture, at the highest levels&#8230;This series is my attempt to put some medicine into our very sick system and to uplift people who are doing extraordinarily courageous things every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CKFmZc8-eMI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media: President Trump is reportedly screening the movie Gosnell today (4\/12) at the White House. The film, based on grand jury testimony surrounding the case of former abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell shines an unflattering spotlight on late-term abortions. 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