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(From left to right) Gary Blount, Producer, with Bill Curtis, our Vision Video distributor, and Kevin Ekvall, Director, accepting awards at the ceremony.

Come Before Winter Honored with two ICVM Crown Awards

July 23, 2018

Producer Gary Blount and Director Kevin Ekvall accepted two Crown Awards at the closing event of the Annual ICVM (International Christian Visual Media) Conference staged in Nashville, TN, from July 11-14, 2018. The Crown Awards recognize films or videos which reflect Christian values and demonstrate excellence in production and content and voting is done by…

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History professor Kyle Jantzen

Kyle Jantzen Reviews Come Before Winter

July 18, 2018

In the June 2018 issue of the Contemporary Church History Quarterly, Kyle Jantzen, history professor at Ambrose University in Calgary and managing editor of the quarterly, penned a careful and lengthy review of Come Before Winter. The same issue includes another piece on a Bonhoeffer compilation as well as reports on discussions on the Mennonites…

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January/February, 2018 Issue of the Video Librarian

Veteran Movie Critic Affirms Come Before Winter

February 6, 2018

Widely read film contributor to the Seattle Times and Rotten Tomatoes, Tom Keogh writes in the January/February, 2018 edition of Video Librarian that Come Before Winter features themes which are moving, artful and fun. Keogh describes the film as thoughtful as it intertwines the lives of journalist Sefton Delmer and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer who “did…

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Walla Walla University Administrative Building

WWU Communication Department Faculty Hosts Come Before Winter Creators

December 20, 2017

Two associate professors at Walla Walla University, Lynelle Ellis, director of the graduate program and Jerry Hartman, former Peace Corps journalist, guided far-reaching discussions about the making of the docudrama about the last days of theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Graduate student Rachel Scribner helped organize and pace the event. Ellis also conducted a TV interview with…

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Director Kevin Ekvall answering questions following the film.

Venue for Walla Walla University Screening Moved for Large Turnout

December 15, 2017

As the stream of guests arriving for the December 2nd screening continued beyond the capacity of the Black Box Theatre, organizers redirected everyone across campus to the larger auditorium of the Melvin K. West Fine Arts Center. Not only were there few complaints about the abrupt change of plans or inconvenience—including the long trek back…

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