Category: documentary

Healing and Redemption: A Marine Corps Veteran’s 5,800-Mile Walk

War scars in more ways than one, and when our veterans come home, it’s not always easy to see at first glance. The stigma surrounding mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) makes it even more difficult to address the trauma our men and women in uniform experience. Sometimes it takes bold action and candid…


A Pan-American Journey | Mythical Roads

Alaska has become a major destination for travelers in search of adventure and freedom. From Vancouver to southeastern Alaska, the call of the wild and the wide-open spaces can be irresistible, and the voice of nature is loud and clear. Travelers come to breathe in the pioneer atmosphere, the spirit of adventure, and America’s history….


Film Review: The Documentary ‘Chasing Childhood’ Explores the Dangers of Helicopter Parenting

NR | 1h 18min | Documentary | 25 June 2021 (USA) It is an unwritten but widely-subscribed-to belief that parents want their children to be more financially successful, better-educated, healthier, and happier than themselves. Perhaps this is merely something imprinted on human DNA by a higher power, or, maybe it’s a mission taken on by many parents to prove their…


Film Review: The Bio-Documentary ‘Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It’

R | 1h 30min | Biography, Documentary | 18 June 2021 (USA) As plum and deserving as any entertainer living or dead for their own biographical documentary, the now 89-year-old Rita Moreno is an undeniable national treasure both in her native Puerto Rico and in the United States. She is the only person to ever win competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and…


Detained Belarusian Dissident Says He Was Set up by an Associate

KYIV, Ukraine—A dissident journalist arrested when Belarus diverted his flight said in a video from prison that he was set up by an unidentified associate. The footage of Roman Protasevich was part of an hour-long documentary aired late Wednesday by the state-controlled ONT channel. In the film, the 26-year-old Protasevich is also shown saying that…


Documentary Analyzes Tibet’s Future Relations With the CCP

A new film analyzes the decades-long Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) occupation of Tibet, and questions whether Tibetans will resort to violence after the passing of the Dalai Lama as a means for freedom. “Crouching Snow Lion Rising Dragon” premiered online on March 10, 2021, to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising. After a…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Work’: Electrifying Documentary About Deploying Men’s Work Healing in a Maximum Security Prison

Not Rated | 1h 29min | Documentary | 8 September 2017 (UK) Of all the film critics on Rotten Tomatoes writing about the documentary “The Work,” I’m the only one who has actually done the type of work (and facilitated the work) on display in this riveting documentary about man-healing, set in a maximum security…


Video: Changing Nations by Repairing Relationships; a Discussion With Fr. David Guffey

Political division has become a key topic in the United States, and while facing troubles that seem insurmountable. But one of the ways that people can come together as a nation is through faith, culture, and family. A story that brings this together is that of Patrick Peyton, and to learn more about this story…


Epoch Times Wins Best Documentary Award at CONTENT Film Festival

For the first time in 2020, the CONTENT film festival branched out to cover News and Journalism as one of its categories. “Everybody raved about the News and Journalism,” said John Diamond, coordinator for the News and Journalism department of the conference. He added the category is now here to stay. The decision to add…


Documentary Film ‘Up We Soar’ Brings to Life a True Story of Courage

A beautiful 7-year-old girl Fuyao is devastated when her parents are arrested and thrown into prison for their faith. Bullied and humiliated, Fuyao refuses to be crushed by the gigantic repressive regime. She and her mom find extraordinary means to connect through iron bars and grow together.