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Film Courage presents PARADISE RECOVERED

Downtown Independent
Los Angeles, CA

PARADISE RECOVERED
Dir. Storme Wood
USA, Color

Monday, November 29, 2010
7pm to 11pm

LA Talk Radio's Film Courage with David Branin and Karen Worden present the 13th Film Courage Interactive at The Downtown Independent with the feature film PARADISE RECOVERED.

Description:

Esther Harris, a young woman praised for her virtue and devotion to Warren F. Vanderbilt's Prophetic Watchman Ministries, has been given the opportunity of a lifetime – to attend Vanderbilt's Kingdom Bible College.

When the fundamentalist Christian sect falls on hard times, Esther looks for employment at a local health food store to supplement the group's income.

At the store, Esther gets a chance to share her faith with her new manager, Gabriel, a devout skeptic and preacher's kid, and his roommate, Mark, a college drop-out who finds Christian television to be great entertainment.

The friendship with Gabriel and Mark help Esther determine her human worth while helping her reframe her faith in a whole new light.

Shot entirely on location in Southern Indiana and Austin, Texas, Paradise Recovered attempts a modern-day retelling of the parable of the Good Samaritan while addressing hard questions involving faith, tolerance, and spiritual abuse in modern culture.  

The Film Courage Interactive is a three-part event featuring 1) Two short films with Directors' Q & A; 2) A feature film screening of Paradise Recovered with Director's Q&A; and 3) An in-depth discussion among fellow artists on upcoming projects, the current state of independent film, and epiphanies about the business (similar to a filmmaker support group).

The goal of the Film Courage Interactive is to build an appetite for independent film, bringing artists together in a collaborative setting while experiencing the beautiful theater of The Downtown Independent.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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