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Truth Be Told focuses on seven individuals raised in the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination. In a series of informal interviews, they reveal experiences including the effects of proselytizing door-to-door, shunning non-observant family and friends, suffering the discouragement of pursuing goals such as higher education and missing other societal holidays and customs.
Knocking is a 2006 documentary film directed by Joel Engardio [1] and Tom Shepard that focuses on the civil liberties fought for by Jehovah's Witnesses.It focuses primarily on the stories of three Jehovah's Witnesses, and how their lives demonstrate three fundamental Witness teachings that have affected society in general: Conscientious objection, and rejection of blood transfusions and ...
Pages in category "Films about Jehovah's Witnesses" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. [6] Time Out reviewer Joseph Walsh praised the performances of Finneran, Parkinson, and Wright, while describing the film as "a standout British drama that pointedly asks us to question the strictures of institutionalised religion."
Jehovah’s Witnesses volunteer ministers from left 34 year residentof City of Compton Bell Stewart (L), Rose Godfrey (C), and Sarah Lee, wait to interact with people on July 19, 2012 in Compton ...
Scenes within the Jehovah's Witnesses community and families are contrasted to "worldly" settings, often symbolized by presence of globes. Short interviews, appearing to be interviews with real Jehovah's Witnesses, are interspersed in. [ 1 ] One interviewee was played by David Hedison (1927-2019), in his final film role.
You Can Live Forever is a 2022 Canadian romantic drama film, written and directed by Sarah Watts and Mark Slutsky. [1] Set in the 1990s, the film stars Anwen O'Driscoll as Jaime, a teenager who is sent to live with her aunt Beth (Liane Balaban) after her father's death; Beth is married to Jean-François (Antoine Yared), a devoutly religious Jehovah's Witness who aspires to be a leader of his ...
Katherine Jackson, a devout Jehovah’s Witness, raised all 10 of her children in the Jehovah’s Witness faith, and while some of them strayed as they reached adulthood, Michael remained committed.