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Utter “Linsanity”! Producer of Jeremy Lin doc talks about bringing the Christian hoop star’s story to the screen
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. He shoots! He scores! After a strong limited release opening, Linsanity, the documentary about openly Christian basketball star Jeremy Lin, is expanding into more theaters this weekend. I talked with producer Christopher Chen about how the film came about and what it’s like to…
Movie reviews: “42” and “Not Today” explore human rights battles of past and present
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Two movies are opening this weekend that call attention to the historic and ongoing quest for human rights here and around the world. 42 tells the story of how the legendary Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson broke through Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.…
A life lesson from Roger Ebert (1942-2013)
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Words of note. I didn’t always agree with his politics or even his movie reviews (though he did praise Joe Versus the Volcano, one of my personal favorites) but this quote from the Chicago Sun-Times obituary of Roger Ebert suggests he did attain a…
American Legion head accepts CBS’ apology for “Amazing Race” debacle
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Amazing grace. From The Wrap: CBS, under fire from veterans for last week’s episode of “The Amazing Race” that featured a segment in Vietnam filmed at the site of a crashed American B-52, opened Sunday’s show with an apology…”Parts of last Sunday’s episode, filmed…
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