Posts by Rayna Fetters
Come Before Winter Honored with two ICVM Crown Awards
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…
Read MoreVeteran Movie Critic Affirms Come Before Winter
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…
Read MoreWWU Communication Department Faculty Hosts Come Before Winter Creators
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…
Read MoreVenue for Walla Walla University Screening Moved for Large Turnout
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…
Read MoreCome Before Winter Premieres in Australia
The Australian premiere of Come Before Winter (Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his companions in the dying gasps of the Third Reich), was well attended at the Parramatta Seventh Day Adventist Church in Northmead, NSW. “This film needs to be seen…It asks questions we must ask ourselves today,” a member of the audience exclaimed during the…
Read MoreQuiet on the Set! Lights, Sound, Cameras, Action…
The movie scenes depicting the fake news broadcasts from London with Ian Fleming on hand and Sefton Delmer’s shaving episode were filmed in a large private aircraft hangar at the Redlands Airport in Southern California. Planes and vehicles had been cleared out of the area to be used as a film set, but serious business…
Read MoreTexas Premiere Generates Enthusiastic Response
Over 300 people attended the screening on May 12, 2017 hosted by Grace Bible Church in Georgetown, TX, near Austin and lingered long after the Q&A session that followed the film. Senior Pastor Dave Roberts had shared information about the Bonhoeffer film with other clergy in the area and welcomed their congregations to attend…
Read MoreEaster Preview for Idaho Premiere
The docudrama Come Before Winter will have its Northwest premiere at 7:00 p.m. Monday, April 17, at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater at the Community Campus. It describes the final chapter in the life of Bonhoeffer, who was executed at age 39 for his resistance to the Nazi regime. For more information, check…
Read MoreIdaho Premieres Bonhoeffer Film Easter Weekend
The Idaho Mountain Express wrote an article highlighting the screening of the documentary Come Before Winter at the Community Campus in Hailey, Idaho, on Easter weekend. It goes on to discuss Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s final days as a German pastor and Nazi resister.
Read MoreInterfaith Screening Scheduled for Monday after Easter
Article on EyeOnSunValley.com highlights “Film, discussion keys in on Dietrich Bohoeffer.” A screening of Come Before Winter is scheduled for the day after Easter Sunday. The showing will be held on Monday, April 17, at 7 pm at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater at the Community Campus in Hailey, Idaho. The…
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