Father Kieser narrates the Old Testament story of the Hebrew people and how it relates to the New Testament.
A story of a couple that explores the blessings and challenges that come along with marriage, while underscoring the importance of marriage to our society.
In the aftermath of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima, 3 people come to grip with the problem of evil. A problem difficult for Christians, who are aware of God’s love for his creatures yet see evil in his creation.
Documentary on Christ
A salesman realizes his life is inauthentic.
Stories from suffering people during the post-World War II time period. Should any human be made to suffer?
The story of three great heroes of the twentieth century: Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius X Pope Pius XII, who lived and died in defense of freedom, and whose great concern was the dignity of the human person.
A scientist uses his lab as an escape from life.
The drama of human conscience among rebel Nazi soldiers plotting to end the evil of the Third Reich.
A drama about anti-communist movements focusing on Stalin, Lenin, and Marx.
Ray and Sandra are faced with an important decision: to marry or not to marry.
A family in the midst of the Cold War must decide how they feel about their new bomb shelter.
Two hard-working newspaper men remember their quest to promote humanism--but has the philosophy been help or harmed by its divorce from theology?
The hero of this story gets cup up between two extremes: communist leaders who enforce the doctrine of atheistic viewpoints on men and capitalists who forget the rights of others and only benefit themselves.
A priest cares for street children in post-war Naples.
A writer, Greg, questions whether he believes in God. His girlfriend, Lexi, gives him an ultimatum, God or her. Greg looks for the answer that will make him whole.
Father Kieser narrates the Old Testament story of the Hebrew people and how it relates to the New Testament.
Father Kieser narrates the Old Testament story of the Hebrew people and how it relates to the New Testament.
The story of Charles de Foucauld, a Christian martyr in North Africa in World War I.
An American photographer in the Soviet Union tries to cope with his faith in the midst of atheism.
A story of an alcoholic man having an affair with another woman.
A secretary faces a moral decision when she becomes romantically involved with her boss.
A high school football coach believes only violent measures will get results, both in civil demonstrations and in his games. He preaches anti-white resentment and vengeance to his team, and the consequence is the serious injury of a white player, which changes his mind about how to fight for racial justice.
A boy steals money from church when he witnesses a "bad man" die during confessions. The battle for his young interests plays out in a carnival fantasy.
Inspired by true events during the Bolshevik's persecution of religious groups in the 1920s, the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church and an archpriest of the Catholic Church in Russia stand accused of capital crimes for practicing their religion, bringing two branches of the church together under threat of persecution.
In 1938 New York City, Scotty struggles to keep up with the communist party’s demands, as they are hard to reconcile with the ideals he so deeply believes in. A society of peace and justice, where all men are brothers.
After changing jobs, a former college professor struggles to live with a superficial set of values, based solely on money and prestige.
Guilt over an abortion causes a family to crumble.
A nun studying in a secular university clashes with two of her fellow students over the meaning of love--and her own concerns about the good of her vocation.
A man upset with his life plans to leave his wife for a different woman when he collapses on the ground. In his vision, he's "stuck" in the most luxurious hotel room imaginable with his lover.
A well-qualified black man's application for a top executive position at a large electronic firm is denied, due to the racial prejudice of the firm's board of directors.
A college student plunges into social work despite his family's objections. When he doesn't seem able to reach the people he is trying to serve, he becomes discouraged, until a professor convinces him that by serving others, he is serving God.
A father judges his neighbor for accepting unemployment check, instead of taking the first job that is offered to him. When he inevitably loses his factory job, he learns to find his value outside of the amount he can produce, and instead by how he can make other people feel.
A college sophomore who feels his life is devoid of meaning and purpose, rejects his religion and his college campus life to join the Peace Corps. Although committed to the service of aiding the destitute in Latin America, he becomes discouraged by the lack of concrete results.
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A corrupt Governor pressures a judge to expedite a divorce he doesn't want the media to know about.
Jim, an ex-cop, is opening up a coffee shop where the Dragons usually conduct their business. Jim convinces Mario, the leader of the dragons, to help out with the new business and not control the neighborhood through fear.
A hard-bitten war correspondent attempts to communicate with his sister's convicted killer.
A man who considers himself a pillar of the Church and a champion of civil rights is deeply shaken when he learns a Negro family plans to move into his neighborhood.
A salesgirl confronts her own loneliness after becoming addicted to drugs and losing her job.
A nun teaching sociology begins to question the values of her life and work when a young agitator confronts her about her lack of practical knowledge on the problems of the poor.
After his daughter runs away, a wealthy man who isolates himself and his children in a faraway mansion seeks the help of his carefree brother. However, it's not just his brother who shows up to the mansion that night.
A couple miss connections at an airport because she goes the wrong direction and he goes in no direction.
A small town mayor tries to mediate between white bigots and angry blacks seeking to overthrow the white power structure.
A young couple in love face a crisis of conscience when they want to sleep together before marriage.
The complacent happiness of a young couple is shattered when their first child dies at birth.
Three survivors of the Third World War are prevented from killing one another by the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
An American journalist in India learns that supplies are being kept from the masses by a corrupt government.
Father and son have difficulty communicating until they find themselves facing identical problems.
A lawyer enters a hippie shop in search of a client's runaway daughter.
A young mother hated the limitations imposed by her children until she gets a chance to escape.
A young couple having an affair are confronted with the effects of sexual license and the significance of sexual commitment.
The family of a soldier killed in Vietnam reviews their impact on the boy's decision to go to war.
Love and hate collide when a failing college student seeks a passing grade at gunpoint.
An angry young dropout is forced to rethink his life when his girlfriend is murdered while both are on an LSD trip.
A group of adults participate in "basic encounter" therapy in order to gain better knowledge of themselves and each other.
A young and beautiful vocalist makes it to the top - attaining money, men and prestige she has always wanted. But is it a search for happiness in the wrong direction?
A ghetto youth fights with his father and quits school until a cousin arrives from Poland with the American dream.
A wild theological comedy of redemption in which a guilt ridden ghetto exploiter meets a Negro Christ while dying.
A successful young dentist realizes he has built his whole life, including his marriage, on false values.
The attractive editor of a woman's magazine finds she can really communicate with one of her co-workers, he's just married.
A failing college-sophomore kills himself. Afterward, there is an imaginary trial to ask "Why".
A militant black poet finds himself caught between the proponents of violence and the Uncle Toms.
Members of the white establishment are driving through a Negro ghetto when their car breaks down. They seek refuge in a local bar as a riot is about to break out.
Computers take over the world. Only one human being is left. He's a vaudeville comedian. This is the story of his search for personal love in an impersonal world.
The fawning relatives of a business tycoon gather around his casket for a reading of his will. He had lived for the wrong reasons, and so had his family. He arises and confronts them about his own futility.
A riot erupts between students and police. The mayor appoints a commission to investigate charges of police brutality. The investigation becomes a confrontation.
The time: 1986 in a polluted Earth. Too many people copped out. In flashbacks, the president of a large corporation relives his role in the disaster. The morals of pollution are discussed.
Mr. Cole lures a band of losers - a junkie poet, a little person, a faded husband and wife comedy team, and a stripper - into his bar. He promises to fulfill their dreams if they will abdicate their dignity and do his bidding. They agree, until a little blind girl, in love with life, wanders into the bar and confronts its owner.
A veteran of the Vietnam war finds that neither the demands of war nor military authority absolves a man of responsibility for his actions.
A simple minded good samaritan wants only to helped people, but is met with derision and ridiculed because of his childlike ways.
A girl trying to escape the harsh cruelties of the world attempts suicide and fails. A young psychiatric intern tries to help her on the long return to reality.
Reunited lovers find that two years of separation (the boy in Vietnam, the girl a Vista volunteer) have seen each of them grow a great deal - older and far apart.
The director of a barrio self-help agency tries to convince a recently paroled addict to return a sum of stolen money, avoiding police intervention and another prison term.
An American combat unit in Vietnam is ordered into a certain death situation in an attempt to cover up a My Lai-type atrocity.
When life becomes too much, Ben Lipton escapes into a large cardboard box in his back yard. A hilarious comedy.
Brian Conley, up and coming young exec idolizes and imitates his power driven boss. But when the boss, empty and despairing, kills himself, Brian's world comes apart. A mysterious Chicano janitor shows him how to rebuild it.
A presidential envoy and his Peace Corps son clash over what kind of aid the U.S. should be giving to a South Asian country.
Mary Burke likes to live dangerously. Henry does not. They clash and learn from each other.
In solitary confinement, Mylo explodes in rage at himself and at the prison system: "I will be a man", he says, "regardless of the cost."
Eighteen year old Cindy Brown pops pills, sleeps around, and tries suicide until she meets a different kind of probation officer.
A career of rock singer Randy King peaks, then bottoms out, until he collaborates with a mysterious black janitor.
A wild and boisterous high school reunion turns sour when a mysterious killer intrudes. A drama of courage and heroism.
A group of senior citizens find new meaning and hope in their lives as, one by one, they are drawn into the loving world of cancer stricken Mr. Cahn.
Sr. Janet instills new pride into a group of derelicts and leads them in protest against the dehumanizing practices of the local blood bank. A poignant drama of exploitation on Skid Row.
The attractive editor of a woman's magazine finds she can really communicate with one of her co-workers, he's just married.
A South American bishop finds himself caught between the local capitalists and a radical young priest. A dramatic exploration of the revolutionary ferment sweeping the Church in Latin America.
A sensitive exploration of meditation, starring Richard Yniquez (Light feather) and Andrew Duggan (Muldoon).
After years of separation, a young man again faces his alcoholic and compulsive gambling father, this time with different results.
After years of separation, a young man again faces his alcoholic and compulsive gambling father, this time with different results.
A grandfather, mother and daughter are all caught up in preserving their youth.
Television game show contestants are picked from an audience to see how far their greed will take them.
Blues singer C. C. Dixon shocks his night club audience when he pulls out a gun and tells them he's putting on his last performance.
A young mystic leaves his monastery to assume presidency of his deceased father's advertising agency.
Teenagers are guided through a group psychodrama session playing out their fantasies, hostilities and misunderstandings toward their parents.
A wealthy man has found that his struggle for money has left him void of any true emotions.
At an annual reunion, three men meet and ironically discover dramatic changes that will effect each of their lives.
A young law student tries to humanize the penal system. Fear, conflict and violence can be dealt with when respect and justice prevail.
A 16 year old girl, caught up in her family's casual and confused attitudes on sex, decides to abort her baby.
Blinded after an eye operation, a man clings to the unreal hope that he will one day have a painting hanging in the finest art gallery in the city.
A teenage boy and his girlfriend are killed in an auto crash. The boy has an out-of-body experience and sees himself and his values in a new way.
It is December 25, 2025. Society has evolved to where human emotions and celebrations are outlawed. All uses of personal energy must be used in State approved assignments to increase society's productivity and discipline.
A famous violinist believes he is becoming too ill to play and so hordes the few performances he thinks he has left (as a miser does his gold!).
Northern Ireland's continuing conflict comes to a shattering climax in a Belfast pub as political and religious hatreds surface at gun point.
A popular newscaster grows beyond his ego-centered existence when he is forced to mediate a prison riot. A serious look at how God reveals Himself through the poor and exploited.
A charted plane carrying tow famine relief workers, a mercenary and a businessman is show down over West Africa by the leader of a guerilla band. A spine tingling melodrama which dissects the dynamics of commitment.
On the sixth day God created man. And, with the help of a wacky angel, God puts the finishing touches on his finest creation.
Residents protest when the president of a supermarket chain decides to close their ghetto branch. When the president's moth, one of the company's principal stockholders, joins the protest, he retaliates by challenging her mental competency in court.
A successful businessman, suffering from anxiety attack, escapes to a remote resort where he encounters a mysterious woman. Not knowing who she is or where she came from, he is baffled by her apparent knowledge of the past.
Fourteen computer dates in 14 days -- Brad admits his record is not too good. But he refuses to take advice from Compu-Date's president, especially when he learns her secret.
Philosophy professor Jeb Buckley is part showman, part iconoclast. With his wife and students, he plays games, promising much, delivering little. Then one day, with a female student, he gets in over his head.
When a prostitute offers a Christmas gift to a teenage halfway house, she sets off a comic reaction. A humorous and deeply moving comedy about the harm caused by judging others.
Shannon's high school girlfriends hold a slumber party but have plans for something more exciting. They know Shannon will be hard to convince, so they have set up the school leading man, Morgan, to be with Shannon. She is furious at first, but in the exchange, both Shannon and Morgan begin to talk seriously about a variety of things. Talk is a new experience for Morgan and he discovers that he likes it. Instead of a conquest, a good friendship begins.
Joey's parents are getting a divorce. This is tough for Joey to take. He refuses to admit it to himself. When he does, he is filled with anger. He blames his mother. He refuses to talk with his father. He is nasty to his friends. A rip roaring mud fight with his best buddy helps him work through his anger. He begins to accept the inevitable, helped by the realization that his parents still love him, even if they do not love each other.
Pepe, a young Chicano, is put down as a "loser" by Riff and his friends. In order to humiliate Pepe, Riff challenges Pepe to compete in the local dirt bike races. Pepe reluctantly agrees, although he knows Riff is the champion. Pepe takes an extra paper route in order to buy a better bike, practices long hours to perfect his skills, and at last the big day arrives. As the racers near the finish line, Pepe is in the lead when a sudden accident places Riff in danger of serious injury unless he gets help fast. Pepe must choose between winning the race or helping Riff.
David idolizes his father, who dreams his son will be a champion cross country runner. Now David's father is dying. To escape this horrendous realization, David cuts himself off from other people, becoming a "loner". He also turns off his emotions. When his father dies, David can't cry. He begins to run. For hours, he runs. The realization finally hits him, his father wanted to see him win. The next day, as he struggles toward the finish line of the big race, his suppressed emotions burst to the surface. He begins to cry. Breaking up the tape, he reaches for his teammates to celebrate. He has faces his father's death and is no longer a "loner."
Lisa is new in school. To get acquainted, she tries out for cheerleading. But she is too uptight and inhibited. Then she meets Rick and they become friends. Rick, however, has a problem - he drinks too much.
Lisa is new in school. To get acquainted, she tries out for cheerleading. But she is too uptight and inhibited. Then she meets Rick and they become friends. Rick, however, has a problem - he drinks too much. He denies that he is an alcoholic, and soon persuades Lisa to drink with him. She finds that alcohol loosens her up. As the weeks pass, they become progressively addicted. One day Rick is injured while drunk. In the hospital he does on the "program," and returns to help Lisa get on it, too. She refuses, however, and escapes to a drunken bash at the beach. There she is degraded and a tragedy occurs to one of the party. Hitting bottom, Lisa admits her alcoholism and goes on the "program."
Barry's father is a high achiever. He is proud of Barry because he is a winner. With a letter in swimming, a lovely girlfriend and good grades, Barry seems all set to follow his brother to the University of Wisconsin. The his world begins to collapse. His SAT scores are poor, he is cut from the swim team, and finally his girlfriend tells him she "just wants to be friends." The understanding swim coach tells Barry to use his pain to root his life in something bigger than himself. When his father berates him for being a loser, Barry is crushed. Early in his life, Barry is forced to face the ultimate question: Is life worth the pains of living?
Ernie has a problem. He doesn't like himself and he doesn't enjoy his life. But there is one thing Ernie does know how to do - he can manipulate people and impose his will on them. Ernie turns to organizing a teenage extortion ring in the high school he attends. As a gang, they terrorize the school and rip off its students. The school's physical education teacher, Peter Fisher, is a proponent of a non-violent social action, and also runs the school board. He announces the formation of a vandalism fund to repair the damage done to the school by Ernie's gang. The result is revelation of the fear and cowardice which underlies so much violence.
Laurie is an above average student, popular with the other kids, a member of the tennis team, with a boyfriend who loves her, and a little brother she idolizes. Laurie, or Princess, as her father calls her, has it all. Then one day, Laurie's parents tell her they are getting a divorce. It is an emotional bombshell. At first she denies it, deluding herself that reconciliation in imminent. When it becomes apparent that there is no such hope, she is filled with anger. She hates her mother for driving her father away. She pleads with her father to please come home. She promises to do anything he wants if they will just get together again. When he refuses, she feels rejected. This shatters her security and she goes into a deep depression. Finally, however, with the help of her mother Laurie accepts the reality of her situation. Her parents' love for each other is dead, but their love for her is as strong and rich as ever.
One night Gina and Wayne become sexually intimate. Several weeks later during a student council meeting at school, Gina ask to open the office of student boys president to girls as well as boys. The proposal passes and she is persuaded to run. Then Gina discovers that she is pregnant. Gina tells her mother and is stunned to learn that her mother, too, was pregnant - with Gina - before marrying Gina's father. Her mother urges her to have an abortion. At first, Gina agrees, but then she decides not to go ahead with the abortion saying, "If my mother had done it, I wouldn't be here." Gina returns to school and in a campaign speech she tells the student body that she has learned responsibility and how to live with the consequences of what you do.
Fourteen-year-old Joey is a member of a street gang that rips off old people. This is how Joey supports his grandmother. The gang is run by a tough young girl named Red. She says that the gang makes each its members "something." Apart from the gang, she says, they're "nothing." When Joey's grandmother dies and he meets several of the old people he has helped victimize, he says the agony he has caused. He starts warned the old people when they are about to be robbed. This infuriates Red. Caught helping the old people, Joey is beaten up by his own gang. But in the process, he discovers he is someone of importance apart from the gang. He also discovers he has a new gang-the old people who move in to protect him.
Amy Sims is a spoiled brat. She cares only about herself. By lying and manipulation, she has always gotten her father to give her whatever she wants. But she feels unneeded and unchallenged. So she joins a gang that is involved in shoplifting and burglary. When her mother becomes suspicious, Amy's father starts to move in on her. But when she threatens suicide, he backs off. His usual response is to buy his daughter's affection with gifts rather than provide her with the firm direction she really needs. The situation worsens when Mr. Sims learns that Amy is involved in a drug ring. He confronts Amy, but she denies any responsibility. She tries to lie her way out of it, but her father gives her two alternatives: radically change her lifestyle and behavior, or he will turn her over to the police.
Flirtatious high school girl Josie Dobbs is known as being "easy". She says "the only time I feel alive is when somebody has their hands on me. I know who I am and what I am . . . A cheap tramp!" Then Josie meets Luke, a quite, gentile youth who sees more in her than she can admit. In the dramatic ending of the film, Luke proves that he cares for her. Josie is forced to see herself through Luke's eyes and to accept herself for what she is - a beautiful person capable of giving and receiving respect and love.
Seventeen year old Steve Novak has it all - a new car, a lovely girl friend, a good relationship with his parents, and a decent shot at the All State Wrestling Championship. But it's not enough. Inside himself he finds himself yearning for more. As a result, he involves himself with an impoverished black family and sells his convertible to help them out. This upsets his father. When he promises to take one of the black kids mountain climbing the weekend before his championship match, both his father and his coach descend on him. He pleads for their understanding, but states his determination to keep his promise. At the top of the mountain with his friends, he experiences a moment of exultation that can only be called mystical.
A 75-year old man takes care of his 16 year old granddaughter, Dori who has lost her parents. Passive and uninvolved, she believes herself to be plain, inept, and friendless. He is active and loves to swim while Dori accompanies him in a rowboat. However, he is beginning to experience disorientation and lapses of memory. As evidence of senility mounts, Dori must face the possibility of her beloved grandpa's becoming ever more dependent upon her. Instead of his taking care of her, she must be prepared to take care of him. Dori rises to the challenge, getting a new appreciation of herself in the process.
Bill Reed sees the ski team captain deal drugs to his best friend, Rick, who takes down an amphetamine to increase his courage during an important downhill ski race. Rick wins the race but an argument breaks out when Bill tells Rick he's taking stupid chances. Later, while on drugs, Rick wipes out and ends up in the hospital paralyzed. Despite the accident, the captain continues to deal drugs to other members of the team, making another accident imminent. Bill feels he cannot stand by and do nothing while this is going on. Yet he doesn't want to squeal. He confronts the pusher, but is brushed off. Finally, he decides to go to the police. When the team finds out, he is ostracized. He pays the price for defying peer pressure and taking a stand against that which is evil.
This is the story of an inner-city black teenager who needs money desperately and has to make hard choices about what he is willing to do to get it. Willy's mother is working long hours, against the advice of her doctor, and still she can't meet all the family's bills. When Willy volunteers to drop out of school and work, his mother won't allow it. On his own, Willy decides to keep his summer job and pretend that he is going to school. Shortly after school begins, Willy is laid off and he is left trying to find a job when has very few works skills. He meets a job counselor who teaches him the basics of job hunting. But shortly after, his mother collapses at work. Willy is tempted to take the easy way out and start dealing drugs in the neighborhood.
One of the most difficult things high school seniors have to face is deciding about the future. Should I go on to college? Should I go to work fulltime? Should I start a family? This is the story of one high school senior who thought that he didn't want to go on to college, that he didn't want to take up his father's restaurant business, but that he did want to pursue a career as a singer. Rocco has to confront his strong-willed father and stand up to him with his decisions. Out of the tensions and difficulties of this confrontation, both grow to be better men. A warm and touching story of personal goals and family responsibilities.
Joey idolizes his father. To please him, he studies hard, saves his money, and is all set to go to college. But Joey's dreams are shattered when the steel plant where his father has worked for 30 years is closed down and he is laid off. Joey's father tries to keep up a brave front for his family, but inside he is crushed. To help with the increasing strained family finances, Joey works long hours in a gas station. As a result, his grades drop. Then his parents are forced to tap his college fund. This really upsets Joey. And it shatters the last shred of his father's self respect. Unable to find another job, his father lapses into self pity and despair. Now the roles are reversed. Joey's father needs his encouragement in order to survive. But can Joey find within himself the maturity needed to support his family?
Jody is traumatized by water. He cannot swim. Even the thought of it fills him with terror. Yet he manages the high school swim team because it enables him to be close to Tracy, the star of the girl's team whom he loves, yet who hardly seems to know he exists. The jocks on the swim team consider Jody a wimp and put him down. This intensifies when Tracy starts to show some interest in him. She likes his piano playing and they go to a concert together. Aware of his problem, Tracy tries to teach him to swim. Baited by the jocks, Jody over-extends himself and almost drowns. Humiliated, he quits the team and pulls away from Tracy. Exasperated by this, Tracy blurts out her love for him. This blows Jody's mind. Shortly thereafter, Tracy is knocked unconscious while surfing and Jody must decide: does he love her enough to plunge into the ocean to save her?
Mike Cahill has it all. He's Senior Class President, Editor of the school paper and Captain of the tennis team. And the prettiest girl in the school is mad about him. All of which keeps him very busy . . . So busy that he falls behind in his studies. That creates a problem because the big math test is coming up and Mike needs a good mark if he is to get into college. So what does he do? He breaks into the teacher's locker and steals the test beforehand. Does that solve the problem? Not really, because Mike proceeds to lose the notebook into which he had tucked the exam. During a tennis match with the dean, he is confronted with what he has done, forced to examine his motives and left to decide: will he assume responsibility and face the painful consequences or will he abdicate responsibility by seeking to avoid the consequences. It's a tough decision.
Cruising with his friends on a Friday night, Brian taunts the prostitutes on Hollywood Boulevard and laughs at the derelicts on skid row. His friends are frightened by the street life there. But not Brian. He can handle anything. One of his companions bets him a stereo he won't spend the weekend on skid row. Brian accepts...and he's never the same.
Eddie has dropped out of school and has been hanging out at the beach, smoking pot and boozing with the boys. Devoid of hope, he sees no reason to build a future for himself because he feels it's all going to be destroyed in a nuclear war anyway. Then one day, caught in a riptide, he is swept out to sea and picked up by a Japanese fisherman and his 17-year old granddaughter. The old man is a survivor of Hiroshima. He's had a lot to put together. But he's done it. He's wise. And the girl is attractive, physically and spiritually. She radiates joy. Living and working with them, Eddie is forced to face the fateful question: has life any meaning? Is it benevolent or cruel...a good or a bad deal?
A break dancing parable of the courage it takes to face and live with the truth. Carla has no friends and she doesn't like herself much either. In fact, she thinks she's ugly. Which is why she dresses up in a pilot's outfit, goggles and all, when she wants to go break dancing. Holly and Oz have been going together for some time. But there are strains in the relationship. Holly feels that Oz cares more about break dancing than he does about her. One day, Holly discovers Carla break dancing by herself in her Pilot's outfit. Mistaking her for a boy, she is amazed at Carla's skill. Later she taunts Oz with the Pilot's skill and says she's now dating him. Oz retaliates by challenging the Pilot to a dance off. Holly has lied and Carla is something she's not. In the climatic finale, each discovers the debilitating effects of dishonesty, and, in the process, they become best friends.
In many ways, Nikki has what it takes to be a very successful editor of the school paper. She's smart, decisive, and experienced. No one would ever accuse her of having a weak ego. There's just one problem: she runs the paper in such a brusque and insensitive manner that she alienates everyone. So authoritative is she that her entire staff quits. Faced with putting out the paper alone, Nikki tries to recruit a new staff. But no one applies. Except Luigi who just wants to use the darkroom. They arrange a tradeoff and settle down to get out the paper. The work is hard and the hours long. As they become friends, Nikki discovers why she is so intolerant of other people's' weaknesses. She has lost sight of her own.
A suicide letter to the high school paper triggers a frantic search for the suicidal student - and some sober self-examination by his fellow students about why there were so unaware of how much pain he was in. "I'm on the outside looking in", Jeff wrote. "The pain is just too much. I can't compete. People expect too much of me." Jeff had reason to be depressed. A recent transfer from another school, he didn't feel he belonged in the new one. The girl he had been going out with - Nancy - dropped him for someone else. He blew his SAT tests. He was cut from the track team. He was behind in his studies and the articles he had written for the school paper had been brusquely rejected. His father was always to busy to talk. Yes Jeff had reason to be depressed. But how about Nancy and the track coach and the editor of the paper? Why were they so unaware, so insensitive? And how about his dad? Why didn't he take time to listen? A probing look at the causes and remedies of teenage suicide.
"Buchanan High" Ep. 3 of 4: Nicki and Keith are deeply in love and very affectionate with each other. They are looking forward to becoming more intimate, but will waiting give them the chance to look a little deeper into what is really important in their relationship?
Connie can't seem to get accepted in her new school. The reason: her mother teaches there and is very unpopular. At long last, Connie makes a friend - Paul - who is the star of the basketball team. It seems Paul has a problem. The championship game is coming up and Paul needs a good mark from Connie's mother to retain his eligibility. Paul ask Connie to intercede for him. Connie reluctantly agrees. When she does, her mother is infuriated and mother and daughter quarrel bitterly. After they have a chance to think it through, Connie's mother agrees to pass Paul, saying her first obligation is to her daughter. But now, Connie refuses, saying she cannot ask her mother to compromise her principals. Result: Paul can't play. Connie is shunned. But not for long. Her strength of character earns her more than one friend.
A group of exceptional children with learing disabilities are filmed in both lively and pastoral sequences on the beach, in playgrounds and in meadows. They discover the wonder of life in ladybugs and birds and dandelion seeds. They find love in each other. With children's voices intoning the Beatitudes, the film makes a telling impact on audiences, both adult and junior, and is a special gift from the exceptional children of St. Vincent's school in Santa Barbara, California.
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Martin Sheen Interview
From 1960-1985, Insight featured Hollywood's most famous faces. How many can you recognize before the name is revealed?
Bob Newhart is one of the true legends of television and comedy. From his early work as a stand-up comedian, his top-rated television shows "The Bob Newhart Show" and “Newhart,” playing Will Farrell’s dad in “Elf,” and his Emmy-award winning performance on “The Big Bang Theory,” Bob Newhart work has been admired and enjoyed by multiple generations. And he also starred in two of the most popular Insight episodes of all time! Here are Bob’s reflections on his time with Insight.
Tim Matheson has been known to generations of viewers as Otter in ANIMAL HOUSE, Vice President Hoynes on THE WEST WING, as well as a decades of work in the entertainment industry. But dd you also know that he was a frequent contributor to the Insight series in the early stages of his career? Here are his thoughts on participating on the series as well as some of the legendary actors with whom he has worked.
Acting legend Ed Asner reflects on his work in Insight.
John Amos (ROOTS, THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, COMING TO AMERICA, DIE HARD 2) talks about his 1982 episode "Hang Tight, Willy Bill" and his relationship with Fr. Bud Kieser.
Jim McGinn, still a current Paulist Productions advisory board member, wrote 15 episodes of Insight1
Christine Avila is a veteran character actor with dozens of roles over a 40-year career. The three Insight episodes she starred in featured a Latina perspective rarely featured in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Ed Begley, Jr. is an actor known for PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, WHATEVER WORKS, and A MIGHTY WIND. He appeared in many television shows and has a lot of upcoming projects. Begley acted in a few Insight episodes and he talks about his time on set and the episodes in which his father, Ed Begley, Sr. appeared in.
Ed Begley, Jr. is an actor known for PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, WHATEVER WORKS, and A MIGHTY WIND. He appeared in many television shows and has a lot of upcoming projects. Begley acted in a few Insight episodes and he talks about his time on set and the episodes in which his father, Ed Begley, Sr. appeared in.
Lee Purcell opens up about working with Fr. Kieser and how it was an experience like no other. She is an actress that has appeared in a numerous amount of television shows and movies, including HAWAII FIVE-O, VALLEY GIRL, MURDER, SHE WROTE, and much more. Purcell acted in four Insight episodes and she loved getting to work with all of the actors and writers on the show.
Robert Butler is an Emmy Award-winning television director and he has directed for multiple shows including HILL STREET BLUES, THE WALTONS, GUNSMOKE, N.Y.P.D, STAR TREK and many others. While jumping between different shows, Butler directed four INSIGHT episodes. Butler discusses his experiences as a director, working with Fr. Kieser, and the episodes he directed.
Marion Ross, known for her role as Marion Cunningham on HAPPY DAYS and numerous others, appeared in a few Insight episodes. She felt it was an honor to be in episodes and loved her time working with the charming Fr. Kieser.
Terry Sweeney is an Emmy Award winning producer and wrote five Insight episodes. He talks about the first Insight episode he wrote and how he used his own experiences for inspiration to write the script.
Vin Di Bona reflects on his time at Insight and how he got the job. He is a television producer for many television shows, but on Insight he was a stage manager and an associate director. Di Bona talks about being set and the many fond memories he has of the show.
John Sacret Young, a producer and writer known for CHINA BEACH, and THE WEST WING, worked on the Insight episode "Leave Me Alone, God" (1982). He reflects on his chats with Fr. Kieser and his time as a writer for the show.
A chance Insight viewing in UCLA Film & Television archivist Mark Quigley's childhood started a lifelong interest in the series--leading to Quigley and UCLA's Dan Einstein to seek out to preserve (properly) the whole anthology hidden away in Paulist Production's infamous former headquarters.
When Father Elwood “Bud” Kieser arrived in Los Angeles in 1957, he had no idea of the adventure that awaited him. After being encouraged by the entertainment professionals attending his parish, Fr. Bud begins a forty-year career as a television and film producer. In addition to the long-running series Insight and the 1989 film Romero, Fr. Bud also establishes the Humanitas Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in Hollywood. Tinseltown, however, can be a precarious place to navigate under the best of circumstances, let alone for a priest in the 1960s when his church and the larger society are going through tremendous changes. But when he falls in love with a nun, Fr. Bud Kieser has to make a choice as to what the direction and meaning of his life is going to be. From director Tom Gibbons, CSP, and Paulist Productions, HOLLYWOOD PRIEST: THE STORY OF FATHER BUD KIESER