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Film 'Freetown' inspired by LDS Liberian missionaries' real-life struggle for survival

March 23, 2015 12:00 AM
The true story of eight LDS Liberian missionaries in the midst of a civil war inspired director Garrett Batty's feature film 'Freetown.'
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BYU grad heads to Academy Awards for documentary 'White Earth'

February 02, 2015 12:00 AM
A frigid, white blanket of snow covers the desolate landscape of North Dakota. Bitter winds strike the skin of children's faces on their way home from school, if they even went to school. The oil fields are fired up with the smell of crude oil and money in the air. All this is portrayed in the Oscar-nominated documentary 'White Earth' by filmmaker and BYU alumnus J. Christian Jensen.
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