Filmmaker goes to great lengths to tell the story of migration from Canada to Paraguay
“If Jesus was at the border, would Christians let him in?” Tisby asks in his new documentary. “All too often, it seems as if, not only would they not let him in, they would celebrate blocking him out.”
“The shocking rise of a Mennonite clan who turned faith, family and farming roots into one of North America’s most elusive drug networks.”
The film’s textured, almost tactile, animation is combined with a soundtrack that blends folk music with sweeping orchestration to tell a story about unmerited grace.
At first glance, the story of 18th-century Shaker founder Ann Lee may not seem like an intuitive choice for a movie musical.
When actor Wasim No’mani was cast as Moses in the new YouTube comedy show The Promised Land, it was, for him, a very Moses-like moment.
Triumph of the Heart, a new film about Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish priest who gave his life in Auschwitz, brings cinematic heft to Catholic storytelling while confronting timeless questions of faith, sacrifice and resistance to tyranny.
Apocalypse in the Tropics, a new documentary by Oscar-nominated director Petra Costa, released on Netflix on July 14, shows footage of the latter uprising in exploring the intersection of faith, politics and power in the country.
Fans of Rachel Yoder’s 2021 debut novel, Nightbitch (Doubleday), got a chance to see the genre-spanning tale adapted into a big-budget film when Amy Adams starred in the movie version, released in December.
