<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Missing Link – Finding Friendship

Missing Link – Finding Friendship

It is important to have a place where you belong?people who journey with us. Or as Qoheleth put it: ?Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does...

William – A Human Story

What makes one ?human?? Can one be human but not Homo sapiens? Until about 30,000 years ago, there were other species of human that in time died out. One of those was Homo neanderthalensis, or Neanderthals. If a Neanderthal could be born today, how would it differ...

Best of Enemies- A Conversion Story

Best of Enemies- A Conversion Story

?Non silba sed anthar (not for self, but for others)? [Ku Klux Klan motto] Based on a true story, Best of Enemies tells the story of Durham, NC, in 1971. When a school for blacks has a fire, the students need to be moved. But where, to a white school? That certainly...

Diane – Broken Saintliness

Diane – Broken Saintliness

?When you serve me?, I feel sanctified.? In Diane, from writer/director Kent Jones, we watch the title character (Mary Kay Place) spend her days selflessly trying to help others. Diane is constantly in motion, driving between visits to her dying cousin Donna (Deidre...

Dumbo – Celebrating Our Flaws

Dumbo – Celebrating Our Flaws

Dumbo is the latest Disney animated classic to be remade as a live action film. The original, a 64-minute feature film from 1941, can be visually identified by most people, but I wonder how many have actually seen it in its brief entirety. Now the story comes back to...

Dumbo Filmmakers Meet the Press

Dumbo Filmmakers Meet the Press

The filmmakers and actors from Disney?s upcoming live action Dumbo recently met with the press in a press conference format. This report is some gleanings from the two press conferences. The first included Grae Drake (Moderator), Derek Frey (Producer). Katterli...

Hotel Mumbai – Sacrifices for God

Hotel Mumbai – Sacrifices for God

What is a worthy sacrifice to make for one?s gods? Does that sound like a basis for a action thriller? It turns out to be a very important part of Hotel Mumbai, the feature debut of director Anthony Maras. Based on the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai that created...