Screenings
WWU 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 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 MoreDirector Ekvall Sees Common Trait in Courageous Lead Characters of His Two Films
April 8, 2017… Jet lag is keeping me up so I thought I’d jot down something on my mind today. Yesterday marked 23 years since the beginning of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and tomorrow marks 72 years from the day Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged. Both dates, April 7 and April 9, tragic days. Both days, to…
Read MoreBack to the Beginning at Southern Adventist University
Kevin Ekvall studied making films at Southern Adventist University in Chattanooga, Tennessee. So did the three other key members of the production crew for Come Before Winter: Tanya Musgrave, Theo Brown, and Melody George. A day before the April 22 screening of the film on campus, Kevin and producer Gary Blount met with current…
Read MoreAudience Ponders Lessons for Self at Interfaith Sponsored Screening
Slack season in a ski resort town when many locals have left for a beach or desert. Monday night after Easter weekend and the 8th day of Passover. Not a good time to schedule a new event, especially one that has to do with a World War II Christian martyr. But three faith groups…
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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