Karol: The Pope, The Man (2006)
Karol: The Man, The Pope Joseph Smith Foundation

Karol: The Pope, The Man is a 2006 TV miniseries chronicling Pope John Paul II’s life as pope in flashbacks from October 22, 1978’s papal inauguration to his death in 2005 and was directed by Giacomo Battiato. It is the sequel to the 2005 TV miniseries Karol: A Man Who Became Pope, which portrayed John […]

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Messenger of the Truth (2013)
Messenger Of The Truth Joseph Smith Foundation

Narrated by Martin Sheen, this documentary tells the remarkable true story of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the Catholic priest and human rights activist who paid the ultimate price to faithfully inspire the people of Poland to stand against the oppressive Communist rule of the 1980s. Decades following his death, Father Jerzy’s powerful sermons on human rights, […]

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Tortured For Christ (2018)
Tortured For Christ Joseph Smith Foundation

A cinematic retelling of the story of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand of Romania (March 24, 1909–February 17, 2001), who was imprisoned and tortured 14 years in Russian prisons for his belief in Jesus Christ. The film follows closely the testimony of Pastor Wurmbrand as written in his best-selling book, Tortured for Christ. The production was filmed […]

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Helmuth Hubener Story
Helmuth Hubener Story Joseph Smith Foundation

In 1941, after Hitler’s Nazi Regime had seized unbelievable control over the German people, Helmuth Hubener & two friends from his LDS (Mormon) Branch former a resistance group. The three of them printed & distributed flyers though Hamburg that denounced Hitler and his propaganda machine. This is their story.

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Building The Machine: The Common Core Documentary
Building The Machine: The Common Core Documentary

The Film Building the Machine introduces the public to the Common Core States Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and its effects on our children’s education. The documentary compiles interviews from leading educational experts, including members of the Common Core Validation Committee. Parents, officials, and the American public should be involved in this national decision regardless of their […]

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Christian Persecution in North Korea

For the eleventh year running, this is the most difficult place on earth to be a Christian. One of the few remaining Communist states, it is vehemently opposed to religion of any kind. Christians are classified as hostile and face arrest, detention, torture, even public execution. There is a system of labour camps including the […]

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Romeike Family
Romeike Family Joseph Smith Foundation

After fleeing persecution for homeschooling in Germany in 2008, the Romeike family was granted asylum by Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman in 2010. The Obama administration revoked their asylum in 2012 and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the administration’s position saying that Germany was merely enforcing a general law regarding truants. HSLDA appealed […]

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