Light In A Dark Theater: A Christian Filmmaker's Journey

Deuteronomy 8:2 "Remember how the   Lord   your God led   you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test   you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands." (NIV) This is more a renewed blog with a new name rather than what I might call a "new" blog and while I was so attached to "Chronicles of a Christian Filmmaker" - I realize that "Light in a Dark Theater - A Christian Filmmaker's Journey"  is even more compelling to me.  And I need something new.  Let me explain with a bit of history of where I've been and where I want to go with this blog now.   There's a lot of history here and a lot of baggage, but I think it's worth it to share in detail what I share here.  So please forgive the long-winded dialogue. When I was 7 years old and saw Star Wars a dream was birthed in me to make movies.  There was something about that movie - seeing that amazing story of ad...

This is a collection of writings that were originally posted on my earlier Christian filmmaker blog for your enjoyment.  I am phasing that blog out and so felt it was important to move those writings over to here: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 A Backyard Dream Robert Giovagnoni, my oldest friend, dictated much of this over the phone as we worked on it together to be read at the dedication of Awaken Pictures, the film business that was started in 2004. It has much humor and great memories to me as to how inspiration came to me in my calling to be a filmaker. Rob has graciously given me permission to post this for others to read. A Backyard Dream -- 02-21-04 By Robert Giovagnoni, Tom’s oldest friend and coached along via phone conversation by Tom, himself: (He said the best way to write this… was to do it together): We were somewhere between ages 7 and 11. The thing I remember the most… my brother with the Gartitos thing…whatever that was… that was his version of t...