EWTN - Bahkita

Jul 9, '16, 1:34 pm

johnnyc176 Regular Member   Join Date: October 3, 2010 Posts: 3,979 Religion: Catholic

EWTN - Bahkita The film Bahkita is on EWTN tonight. It is in two parts. I remember it being a very good film with production values a step above the usual films in this vein. __________________ The celebration of Holy Mass has the same value as the Death of Jesus on the Cross. - St. Thomas Aquinas St. Louis IX pray for us!

#2   Jul 9, '16, 3:43 pm

Vivat Christus Junior Member   Join Date: May 20, 2015 Posts: 120 Religion: Catholic

Re: EWTN - Bahkita I have it set to record tonight. As much as I love EWTN, I usually don't watch the movies they air since they're almost always in Italian and/or poorly made IMHO, but I saw part of "Bakhita" when it aired a while back ago and it was awesome. Can't wait to see it in its entirety. __________________ "The more we honor the Blessed Virgin, the more we honor Jesus Christ... since we go to her only as the way by which we are to find the end we are seeking, which is Jesus." -- St. Louis de Montfort ICXC+NIKA

#3   Jul 9, '16, 4:23 pm

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Re: EWTN - Bahkita Quote: Originally Posted by Vivat Christus I have it set to record tonight. As much as I love EWTN, I usually don't watch the movies they air since they're almost always in Italian and/or poorly made IMHO, but I saw part of "Bakhita" when it aired a while back ago and it was awesome. Can't wait to see it in its entirety. You kind of have to take into account the folks who make Catholic movies are indies that do not have access to a Big Hollywood Studio budget provided by Hollywood Producers. There was one I remember seeing about the Uprising in the Vendee (1793-1796) by Catholics during the French Revolution and it utilized an all child cast to tell the story. It wasn't the greatest movie in the world but it told the story about a slice of history that would never get any attention from Hollywood or the (now essentially defunct) History Channel or PBS and was informative and creatively done. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)

#4   Jul 9, '16, 5:00 pm

johnnyc176 Regular Member   Join Date: October 3, 2010 Posts: 3,979 Religion: Catholic

Re: EWTN - Bahkita Quote: Originally Posted by Dwyer There was one I remember seeing about the Uprising in the Vendee (1793-1796) by Catholics during the French Revolution and it utilized an all child cast to tell the story. It wasn't the greatest movie in the world but it told the story about a slice of history that would never get any attention from Hollywood or the (now essentially defunct) History Channel or PBS and was informative and creatively done. I saw that and thought it was mediocre. I guess it was made for teenagers? I think the best film I have seen on EWTN was the one about St. Kateri Tekakwitha. __________________ The celebration of Holy Mass has the same value as the Death of Jesus on the Cross. - St. Thomas Aquinas St. Louis IX pray for us!

#5   Jul 9, '16, 5:11 pm

LoveMercyGrace Regular Member   Join Date: June 12, 2012 Posts: 585 Religion: Catholic

Re: EWTN - Bahkita As I was going through CAF posts, I saw your post on Bahkita coming on EWTN tonight Thanks to you, I am watching it, just started! __________________ I will give thanks to You, for she is fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. ps 139:14

#6   Jul 9, '16, 10:27 pm

Don Ruggero Regular Member   Join Date: July 27, 2015 Posts: 4,862 Religion: Catholic

Re: EWTN - Bahkita Quote: Originally Posted by Vivat Christus I have it set to record tonight. As much as I love EWTN, I usually don't watch the movies they air since they're almost always in Italian and/or poorly made IMHO, but I saw part of "Bakhita" when it aired a while back ago and it was awesome. Can't wait to see it in its entirety. Unfortunately, the pointless liberties they took in changing historical facts spoiled the product for me.

#7   Jul 10, '16, 12:10 pm

Terra Rosarum Junior Member   Join Date: March 6, 2015 Posts: 242 Religion: Catholic

Re: EWTN - Bahkita Quote: Originally Posted by Don Ruggero Unfortunately, the pointless liberties they took in changing historical facts spoiled the product for me. Precisely. They took quite a lot of "dramatic license" with the story. For example, Bakhita's Italian masters treated her kindly, not abusively. For the real story go to www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5601

#8   Jul 10, '16, 2:35 pm

JimG Forum Elder   Join Date: May 23, 2004 Posts: 28,268 Religion: Catholic

Re: EWTN - Bahkita Quote: Originally Posted by Dwyer You kind of have to take into account the folks who make Catholic movies are indies that do not have access to a Big Hollywood Studio budget provided by Hollywood Producers. There was one I remember seeing about the Uprising in the Vendee (1793-1796) by Catholics during the French Revolution and it utilized an all child cast to tell the story. It wasn't the greatest movie in the world but it told the story about a slice of history that would never get any attention from Hollywood or the (now essentially defunct) History Channel or PBS and was informative and creatively done. The movie about the Vendee uprising may have been lacking by filmmaking standards, but that particular era of resistance to the persecutions of the French Revolution deserves to be more widely known. In some respects it reminds me of the Cristero war in Mexico. A few recent books on the subject: Michael Davies “For Altar and Throne: The Rising in the Vendee” and Reynald Secher’s “A French Genocide: The Vendee”