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Documentary. Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 1; L- 3; S/N-0 . Running time: 2 hours 3 min. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. Mark …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V- 1; L- 2; S/N – 2. Running time: 1 hour 30 min. The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their refuge in the time of trouble. The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, because they take refuge …
Rated PG. Documentary. Running time: 1 hour 32 min. Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9 Darfur Now This compelling documentary puts a human face on what our own government calls “genocide” in Darfur. …
Rated R. Our ratings: V- 1; L- 2; S/N -3. Running time: 1 hour 46 min. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. John 3:20 Soldiers guard blindfolded detainees. 2007 THINKFilm Alex Gibney’s documentary begins with an examination of …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-1 ; L – 11 ; S/N – 2; Running time: 1 hour 54 min. You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you do afflict them, and they cry out to …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-2 ; L-3 ; S/N-4 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. Then I considered all that my hands had done and the …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-2 ; L-3 ; S/N-4 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. Then I considered all that my hands had done and the …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-1; L-5; S-5/N-7 Are you old enough to remember all the controversy in 1959 over the word used in the courtroom thriller Anatomy of a Murder? Some people were almost as aghast over its use as when Clark Gable’s Rhett Butler uttered the forbidden “d” word to Scarlett. The word was …
What a double bill the next two non-fiction films would make! One is blatantly political, created to discredit and defeat a sitting president who has drawn the ire of the film’s maker. The other seems to be apolitical, but actually is based on a politics very different from that of the first, one perhaps best …
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