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Post-viewing discussions

A collection of 3 posts
Film Review

Timbuktu (2015)

On Saturday night, I had the rare opportunity to do what I love to do. I invited a room full of Christian writers and special guests to travel with me to a village on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in West Africa. It's a perilous place:
29 Jan 2016 10 min read
Through a Screen Darkly - Questions for Film Discussion Groups
Through a Screen Darkly

Through a Screen Darkly - Questions for Film Discussion Groups

Consider these to be prompts to get things moving, or suggestions for expanding a conversation into new territory. This is by no means a comprehensive list of post-viewing questions. They represent avenues of conversation that I have found rewarding and even surprising when audiences have been willing to stay for
28 Nov 2008 4 min read
On Movies & Media

Did Your Teachers Show Movies in Class?

Today, Seattle Pacific University instructor Christine Chaney is sitting down to discuss Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue with her English class. Bravo. I love it when literature professors expand the territory of their classroom exploration, encouraging students to apply interpretive skills to film. All too often, movies are treated
14 May 2007 1 min read
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