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Award-winning, provocative and original “Simon Says” being shopped to distributors
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Heads UP. I just watched the film festival-winning short film with all the delight of finding a lost episode of The Twilight Zone. It’s the story of Simon (Brian Stepanek of Disney Channel’s Suite Life of Zack and Cody), a self-doubting entrepreneur battling the…
At the movies: “Risen” rises to tell a riveting Resurrection story
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Risen opens nationwide in theaters tomorrow (2/19). Synopsis (from the film’s website): Risen is the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius (Tom Felton), are…
Video: “Risen” stars Joseph Fiennes and Maria Botto talk about meeting Pope Francis
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. From Sony’s AFFIRM FILMS division, Risen tells the epic story of Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a non-believing Roman Military official assigned to find Jesus’ missing body following the Resurrection. Maria Botto plays Mary Magdalene. The film was screened at the Vatican last week and in…
Singer Jeannie Ortega on letting go and letting God
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Healing Music. Jeannie Ortega, who I have come to know through some Mastermedia events, was just 19 when she found success as a recording artist via the hit 2006 album No Place Like BKLYN. Here she is talking about her personal faith journey and…
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