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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.
Apostasy is a 2017 British drama film about Jehovah's Witnesses directed by Daniel Kokotajlo. [2] It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival . [ 3 ] Kokotajlo was nominated at the 2019 BAFTAs for the Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer .
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.
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 ...
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.
Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower office in New York City. ... sanctions and a $4,016,152.39 judgment after Watchtower refused to hand over a trove of documents it received in response to a 1997 ...
The prophecy galvanized the Jehovah's Witnesses movement, and proselytism increased substantially. On the eve of the predicted Millennium, in 1974, the number of publishers (Witnesses who submitted their record of preaching) rose by 13.5 percent worldwide and many Witnesses were actively preparing for the dawn of the New Order. [16]