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Jesus movement , Birmingham
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pveugelaers
There is a very high faith-based quotient in this true story, 2015’s Woodlawn. The Jesus movement Woodlawn depicts the Jesus movement in Birmingham, Alabama, circa the 1970’s. People were converting to Jesus. In Woodlawn, the movement’s scale seems amazing. In Birmingham and at Woodlawn High School there are race problems and segregation issues. The school chaplain Hank…
“Angels” in The Sea of Trees
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pveugelaers
The Sea of Trees (out now on DVD) reminds me of one of those famous inspirational stories. Yes, it is a story containing a suicidal theme and there’s a mysterious touch of Spiritism, but wait a minute. When school teacher Arthur Breenan goes to Japan’s “Suicide Forest” to do the unthinkable after a family tragedy, he…
Commentary: Race
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pveugelaers
The song playing over the end credits of track and field film Race (2016) has a line “let the best man win”. Race is a straightforwardly told Jessie Owens story about the best man at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It co-stars Jason Sudeikis (Angry Birds) as Owens’ coach Larry Snyder and a young Jessie Owens…
Flashback: The Howard Beale Show
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pveugelaers
A ratings phenomenon. A presenter, Howard Beale, who has been dumped by his wife and television company, is going through a breakdown on screen. This in front of millions of Americans, in his final week of broadcasting. But his raves are making the ratings sky rocket. Then he is propped up by the television network.…
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