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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The heart of Hope. Last weekend, in a David vs. Goliath move, Roadside Attractions, Stealth Tiger Entertainment and Godspeed Pictures released the inspiring stereotype-shattering independent film Where Hope Grows (written and directed by Chris Dowling) in just 276 locations. Despite competition from studio-backed films…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. UP TV  is partnering with the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) on a new initiative called “UP Flips the Script to Series: Remixing the Development Pipeline.” Designed to generate content as part of the network’s expansion of original scripted and unscripted series for multicultural…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Awarding what matters. On Wednesday night I  attended the 2015 Christopher Awards. First presented in 1949, the prizes are intended, as Christopher founder Father James Keller said, to honor people and media that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” The importance of…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The positive power of “Yes.” I just finished reading Beautifully Flawed: Finding Your Radiance in the Imperfections of Your Life, the excellent, courageous and inspiring autobiography busy actress Shari Rigby wrote with TV writer Claire Yorita Lee (whose work includes scripts for NBC’s Medium…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Mothers of the Bride airs tonight (5/10) @ 7:00 PM (ET) on UP TV.  Synopsis (from the UP press release): When a young woman, adopted at birth, gets engaged, she decides this might be a good time to meet her birth mother.  Her adopted…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. UP to launch family drama series. Production on UP’s first original scripted drama series Ties That Bind began last week in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. The hybrid police procedural/family drama, created by Sheryl J. Anderson (UP’s enjoyable The Town That Came A-Courtin’) stars…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Hire calling. With his background as both a pastor and human resources manager, William Vanderbloemen (who made the 2015 FM&C List of Top Under-the-Radar Faith/Media Innovators) knew he had something special to offer when he founded Vanderbloemen Search Group. The company’s mission: to help…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. An important issue gets some attention. Congratulations to journalist Rita Cosby. My former Fox News colleague recently scored a rare interview with former Iraq War POW Jessica Lynch on her WABC-AM Radio show in New York City.  Lynch was an Army private when her…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Little Boy premieres nationwide in theaters Friday (4/24). (Note: This is  slightly altered version of my original post including new impressions from seeing Little Boy for a second time last night with members of my family.) Synopsis: A seven-year-old Pepper Busbee (Jakob Salvati), the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. How I got to know Tommie Scott. When I’m not working on this blog, I’m a working writer/script consultant who is always on the lookout for compelling and inspirational material to develop. As a result, I’m involved with a few active projects. One of…
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