13th Annual Faith & Values MovieGuide Awards Gala to broadcast July 2-4
Inspiring entertainment that conveys faith and morals that increase love and understanding of God will be honored in the 13th Annual MovieGuide Awards held this weekend. Among contenders for its highest honor, the Epiphany Award, will be Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ."
ASSIST News Service (ANS)Thursday, June 30, 2005
FAMILYNET TO TELECAST 13TH ANNUAL MOVIEGUIDE® FAITH & AWARDS GALA THIS WEEKENDBy Dr. Ted Baehr, Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE®
HOLLYWOOD, CA (ANS) -- FamilyNet will telecast the 13th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala to 80 million potential viewers on various broadcast stations, cable outlets and satellites at 10 p.m. ET Saturday July 2 and 2 a.m. ET Monday July 4 (visit “Where to Tune” at www.familynet.com for details on channels).
The satellite telecasts on FamilyNet are available on two C-band transponders on Intelsat Americas 13 (121° W): Transponder 6 (OlympuSat Pod I) or Transponder 20 (OlympuSat Pod II); Vertical polarization.Viewers should also check their local broadcast and cable listings for the above networks and times.
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Christian filmmakers and producers on crusade to take back the culture
NYTimes.comOn the Right Side of the Theater Aisle
By JAMES ULMER
Published: June 26, 2005
LOS ANGELES
THE film producer Stephen K. Bannon isn't just on a crusade. He's on a roll.
"Look at Feb. 25, 2004 - a watershed week for the Hollywood right," he said in his Santa Monica office while scribbling a circle around the word "Lord" on his whiteboard. "On Ash Wednesday, 'The Passion of the Christ' is released theatrically, and on Sunday, 'Lord of the Rings' - a great Christian allegory - wins 11 Academy Awards. So here you have Sodom and Gomorrah bowing to the great Christian God, and did you guys notice? No, because 99 per cent of the content in the media's sewage pipes is the culture of death, not life."
He next circled the word "Evil," part of the title of a 2004 political documentary for which he was director, co-author and co-producer. "If the last election showed one thing, it's that culture drives politics. I want to take the form that is now owned by the left - the documentary - and use it to help drive an overall political agenda that supports the culture of life."
Though heavier than most on messianic zeal, Mr. Bannon - Roman Catholic filmmaker, conservative-film financier, Washington networker and Hollywood deal-chaser - is emblematic of a new wave in Hollywood, a group that intends to clean those media pipes with pictures that promote godliness, Pax Americana and its own view of family values. Some of these filmmakers, armed with camcorders and Web sites, are pushing overtly political projects in the blogosphere and at conservative festivals, including last year's Liberty Film Festival in West Hollywood, at which Mr. Bannon's
"In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed" won an award.
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