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Knocking is a 2006 documentary directed by
Joel P. Engardio and Tom Shepard that focuses
on the civil liberties fought for by
Jehovah's Witnesses. It primarily focuses on
the stories of three Jehovah's Witnesses, and
how their lives illustrate three fundamental
Witness teachings that have affected society
at large in surprising ways: Witnesses'
refusal to participate in war, accept blood
transfusions, and salute the flag.
Knocking won the jury award for best
documentary at the 2006 USA Film Festival in
Dallas and the audience award for best
documentary at the 2006 Indianapolis
International Film Festival. It has shown at
film festivals in Trenton, New Jersey; Flint,
Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; Reno, Nevada; East
Lansing, Michigan.
Knocking will be broadcast on the PBS series
Independent Lens on May 22nd, 2007 and is
currently available on DVD.
Lillian Gobitas
As a girl in Pennsylvania, she and
thousands of other Witness children's refusal
to salute the United States flag set off a
firestorm of controversy that led to a
pivotal U.S. Supreme Court ruling on freedom
of religion.
Joseph Kempler
Born a Jew, he converted to the Jehovah's
Witness faith following World War II after
observing their integrity alongside Jews in
Nazi concentration camps. Although he married
after the war, his wife died and his daughter
was raised by a relative. After converting,
Kempler remarried and had two sons, but
remained distant from his daughter's Jewish
family. In order to draw his family closer
together, Kempler took them on a trip to
Europe to see his home country and visit the
Melk and Auschwitz concentration camps.
Seth Thomas
A 23-year-old Witness, who despite the
risk and opposition from a non-Witness
family, refused any blood transfusions with
his liver transplant operation. While
initially refused treatment by the Baylor
University Medical Center of Texas, surgeons
with the University of Southern California
University Hospital in Los Angeles agreed to
perform the operation, believing that
research in bloodless medicine is necessary
and should be explored.
Film Festival awards
KNOCKING has won:
* Best Documentary, Jury Award, 2006 USA
Film Festival (Dallas)
* Best Documentary, Jury Award, 2006
Trenton Film Festival (New Jersey)
* Best Documentary, Audience Award, 2006
Indianapolis International Film Festival
* Best First Film, Jury Award, 2006 Long
Island International Film Expo (New York)
* Official Selection, 2006 Cleveland
International Film Festival
==External links==
*[http://www.knocking.org/ Official site]
*[http://www.itvs.org/search/ataglance.htm?sh
owID=1040 Independent Television Service]
*[http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/
Independent Lens on PBS]
*[http://www.filmarts.org/services.php?functi
on=sponsoredproj&projects=fr#sp56 Film Arts
Foundation]
*{{imdb title|id=0479939|title=Knocking}}
*[http://clevelandfilm.org/films/details/inde
x.php?films=detail&film_detail_ID=30 Summary
at the Cleveland Film Society site]
*[http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles
/2006/03/17/features/arts/barts0317.txt
Behind the camera with Howard Shack], from
JewishNews.com
[[Category:Jehovah's Witnesses]]
[[Category:Television documentaries]]
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J.W.Jones at his home, which is where he
recorded his new CD, Bluelisted.
Interviewed by Lynn Saxberg.
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The Big Blue (remake of Le Grande Blue) is
one of my favorite films of all time; the
music, dolphins and characters are
fascinating. It takes a little while for the
music to get up to speed, but in the end it
is a musical piece that just makes me FEEL,
period!
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