This short video shows the making of our DVD of the Week: The Eastern Bride. It’s a fun video that shows the heart behind the folks making the film, and allows us to hear a bit about making a film in South Africa.
You can buy The Eastern Bride for $6.97 this week at FamilyChristianMovies.com
Our DVD of the Week for February 28-March 6 is The Eastern Bride
The Eastern Bride takes you a journey around the world with Pete de Jaeger, a young world-traveling businessman from South Africa. In his travels, he finds himself at well-known stops along the trade routes of our global economy, East Asia, Africa and the Arab world. Most significantly and relevantly, the film weaves together Pete’s travels in the Middle East and in China, where during the course of business, he finds himself interacting with Christians who are harassed and persecuted by neighbors, government officials and even terrorists. The film reminds us that our global economy is heavily dependent on trade with countries that oppress and sometimes even kill members of their struggling Christian minority groups. With the Middle East in the news so much these days and the rise of China, these stories couldn’t be more relevant.
The production quality of The Eastern Bride is a bit dated, but this can be forgiven when one recognizes that this film was made by Open Doors ministries to tell the story of the persecuted church, not to win any Oscars, and it does tell those stories well. Check out The Eastern Bride, the latest addition to our Family Bargain Videos category. You’ll be able to pray more knowledgeably about the persecuted church.
As We Forgive is available on DVD at most Christian bookstores and at www.familychristianmovies.com. The fifty three minute documentary follows two women from Rwanda, Rosaria and Chantal, as they face their toughest test of forgiveness. During the 1994 Genocide their families were murdered, now can they forgive the men that tore their lives apart? Find out what happens when the murderers and the survivors meet and even what you can do to help those so far away. You can find out more about the film and the help efforts by visiting www.asweforgivemovie.com.
As We Forgive is an outstanding testimony to forgiveness and reconciliation. The courts were overwhelmed with 120,000 imprisoned suspects so the Supreme Court of Rwanda implemented the Gacaca Courts Department. The Gacaca was traditionally an informal village court system for handling village disputes. Now these courts would try to handle the complicated task of trials and sentencing for the suspects of the 1994 Genocide. One way the courts tried to reconcile their villages was to have the accused meet and apologize to the survivors. The challenging part was that most of the survivors knew and in some cases had even been friends with the men that killed their family members. Not only were lives taken, but houses were burnt to the ground and fields were set ablaze. With 90% of Rwandans being farmers, their fields are how they make a living. In some of the courts they tried to mend relationships by the accused murderers building new homes for survivors.
Producer, Laura Waters Hinson and her husband hope that this film will bring awareness to the current need in Rwanda. They have founded The Living Bricks Campaign in conjunction with the film to allow viewers the chance to help the victims rebuild their country. For more information about The Living Bricks Campaign please visit www.livingbrickscampaign.org.
Another way viewers can get involved is by supporting the As We Forgive Rwanda Initiative (AWFRI). This is a Rwandan-led movement to help communities work together to rebuild their country. Over 15 years later there is still a lot of work to be done, for example the Genocide left over a million orphans and widows. To find out how you can make a difference right from your community visit www.asweforgive.org.
As We Forgive is an extremely touching film. What can turn friend against friend and make someone kill their neighbor? This documentary shows the devastation that occurred in Rwanda not so long ago. But most of all it shows how with God’s help these people are regaining their hope. Please prayerfully consider helping our brothers and sisters in Rwanda.
Watch the trailer for As We Forgive here
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