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An elderly black priest in S.A. during the apartheid era searches for his lost son in Johannesburg whom he fears has fallen into a life of crime & is soon linked to a white father whose son has been killed during a beak-in.
The friendship of black activist Steve Biko & journalist Donald Woods, set in S. Africa, is told up to Steve’s death & Woods & family fleeing the country.
We continue our Lenten journey in film and Scripture. The last two meditations will be added later today. There are embedded links in most of the titles that will take you to a full review of the film. March 17, 2nd Sunday in Lent. Selma But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like …
Continue reading “Lenten Reflections for Film Lovers: Part 3”
A Bosnian Muslim divorced woman finds herself jobless & homeless after her Christian fiance fails to keep their rendezvous, & her family has disowned her.
You’ve heard a lot about the Best Picture Oscar nominees. But, this week, I look at these films from the perspective of faith and moral values. Click the headline to read the entire column.
As Black History Month arrives, I am recommending a little-known South African movie that is available on Netflix. Click the movie’s title to read my entire review.
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-1 ; L-3 ; S/N-1 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat; and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink; for you will heap coals of fire on their heads, and the Lord will reward you. Proverbs 25:21-22 If it is possible, so far as it …
Female Genital Mutilation is seen through the eyes of a village girl, married & sent off to the UK where she finds an advocate & also discovers the practice is cultural, not at all advocated by Islam.
Sunday (Sept. 18) was the beginning of National Book Banning Week, so this is the first of a series of reminiscences about the influence of books in my life, something I have been thinking about for a long time. I don’t know if any of them have been banned, but each has been important …
An apocalyptic tale an engineer who creates a robot with human feelings to care for his beloved dog before he dies of radiation poisoning.