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Last day of National Adoption Month – check out this sweet movie

Last day of National Adoption Month – check out this sweet movie

by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 30, 2015 | Culture, Filmmaking, World Views

Aptly titled Wanted, Nathan Jacobson’s award-winning short film tells the story of Luke (a compelling performance by Rusty Martin, Courageous), a foster child who is welcomed into a family home right before his eighteenth birthday. Because of his troubled upbringing,...
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Well-casted and beautifully shot, the Erwin Brothers’ latest film is a delivery to the canon of American sports biopics.

Well-casted and beautifully shot, the Erwin Brothers’ latest film is a delivery to the canon of American sports biopics.

by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 14, 2015 | Culture, Filmmaking, World Views

…Woodlawn’s coach tries to reform the team in his own strength, and learns that the real solution is supernatural. Changing structure is collective and merely external, not what changes individual souls. Football levels the playing field in the story of racial...
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Malala Yousafzai and Kylie Jenner

Malala Yousafzai and Kylie Jenner

by Amanda Read Sheik | Aug 25, 2015 | Culture, Health & Beauty, Style

While we whine about being offended or deprived of anything in this country (“war on women,” anyone?) and fixate on frivolities, think of what Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan has endured. The Taliban voted to murder her when she was 17 simply because she...
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