A musical version of the Nativity Story offers a fresh take on a familiar story featuring an independent-minded Mary & a dark father-son view of Herod.
The Gospel of Luke (2015)
Luke’s version of the life of Christ is dramatized with actors speaking in Aramaic while a noted celebrity reads the text in the NIV–no additions to the text.
Interview with writer Bill Cain, whose new book is The Diary of Jesus Christ
By Bill Cain, SJ. PB, Orbis Books, 210 pp. As soon as I learned that the author of this new book was the creator of my favorite TV series of the 90s, NOTHING SACRED, I became eager to read this book. Also, I had just learned that he was the writer of the film reviewed …
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The Miracle Maker (2000)
This children/family claymation film tells the story of Christ from birth to his death & resurrection through the eyes of a little girl whom he healed.
Jesus (1999)
Jesus combines scenes from the 4 gospels with fictional events to explain Jesus as a nonviolent leader out to set people free from sin, and not Roman rule.