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Greenlit by Antoy Grant

Lanuage: ENGLISH
Length: 21 mins

Rivka continues the story of the young woman taught by Mary Magdalene in the feature film, Magdalena. Years later, Rivka acts as a friend and mentor to a family as they deal with political and personal conflict.

Mariam, a young girl, and her brother Noah run to Rivka’s home for help. Laila, Mariam’s mother, is sick. Rivka rushes to help Mariam, and her sister Sara, care for their mother. When Mariam goes out for water, she sees her brother Dawud nursing a bleeding arm. But he rushes off without explaining. Mariam returns and Rivka prays to God in Jesus’s name for Laila to be healed. Mariam sits quietly and prays with her. But when they’re done, she says she feels ashamed when she prays. Rivka assures her that God cleanses people with the death and resurrection of Jesus. Anyone who accepts Jesus is at peace with God.

Moussa, Mariam’s father, comes in to check on Laila. He’s disappointed to see Rivka there and tells Mariam that Rivka should go. But Mariam insists Laila asked for her friend.

Later, Romans come looking for Dawud. They were attacked in the night by Dawud and his friends. They look around, but he isn’t there. Mariam rushes to check on Laila. But Laila’s only concerned about Dawud and what he’s done. Mariam bitterly talks about Dawud and how selfish he’s being. She wonders if God could accept someone so selfish. Rivka tells her the story of the prodigal son. A son asked for his inheritance early and then goes away and squanders it. When he’s poor, friendless, and about to die, he remembers his father and returns home. His father happily receives him back into the family. Rivka says God receives any lost person the same way… with open arms.

Rivka decides to go home. She tries to assure Mariam that there is hope in hard times. But Mariam takes another look at the bloody bowl Dawud was using and frowns.

How can you know that you’re at peace with God?
Why is Mariam angry with Dawud?
What does the story of the Prodigal Son tell you about God’s attitude toward you?

Mariam worries about her prayers. She thinks others are better than she is and feels ashamed. But Rivka explains that no one can come to God on their own, including her self and Laila. Everyone has done something to disobey or hurt God. Everyone needs Jesus.

When Rivka reminds Mariam that she’s already accepted the truth of Jesus, Mariam can know that she’s been welcomed into God’s family and that God hears her prayers. We, too, can be sure that things have been made right between God and us if we’ve accepted Jesus’s sacrifice to cover our sins. When we talk with Him in prayer, Jesus is our mediator. He stands by us as children of God and allows us to talk to our Heavenly Father.

Later, Mariam wonders what God thinks about those who don’t follow Him, people who act selfishly. Rivka uses the story of the Prodigal Son to illustrate how God feels about every lost person. Everyone who doesn’t follow Jesus is also loved by God. They’re not considered enemies, but something more like lost sheep. We’re to treat them with the same care, compassion, grace and mercy. People who don’t believe are similar to believers in that we all need Jesus.

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Greenlit by Antoy Grant

Lanuage: ENGLISH
Length: 8 mins

Intro: The 2013 winner of the Best Short Under 10 Minutes from the Attic Film Festival, Jätku Leiba (pronounced “zhat-coo lay-bah”), a blessing meaning “may our bread always last”, is beautiful story filmed in Tallinn, Estonia.

Johanna, a single mom is reminded of hope as she thinks she has hit rock bottom.

Connecting over a film is more about listening and sharing. The questions below only serve as a springboard.

Pick your favorites and see what stories you discover along the way.
– Did you enjoy this film? Why or why not?
– What things were broken in this film?
– What do you think about the note “Nothing Is Broken Forever”? Do you agree or disagree?
– How do you deal with brokenness?
– If someone could glue together the broken parts of your life, would you want that?

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Greenlit by Antoy Grant

Lanuage: ENGLISH
Length: 7 mins

A man cleans and cares for a child’s bedroom. But his daughter is at a bar drinking. She remembers how she stole from him and ran away from home. The father remembers his little girl. A tin can slides across the bar in front of the daughter.

In a memory, the man and his daughter play with the tin cans, talking to one another. But a man sits next to the daughter at the bar and slides the tin can away from her. They drink together and she goes home with him. She feels awful and runs back to her apartment.

The father wakes up and makes another tin can. Attaching it to a beautiful red kite, he sends it soaring into the air. It lands in the daughter’s apartment and they try to talk to one another. But it’s hard to hear so far away.

They walk toward each other, cutting the yarn and re-attaching it to get closer and clearer. The daughter finally finds herself on a bus. The dad waits at a bus stop. They both remember the good times and the bad. When the bus rolls to a stop, she almost gets off the bus. They smile at each other. The father’s happy to see her. But she drops the can and gets back on the bus. There, in her seat, is another tin can.

What happens to the girl when she runs away?

What does the daughter want in the end? What do you think keeps her from getting off the bus?

Have you ever wanted to reconcile with someone, but couldn’t?

This short film is not intended to directly communicate the gospel, but to facilitate a conversation that reveals our need for the gospel. Think about how your own story and the stories of those you may be watching with connects with the story of the film and the story of Jesus.

This story is inspired by a story that Jesus told and is recorded in the Bible. It is the story of the Prodigal Son and is found in Luke 15:11-32.

The story, or parable, is about a father and his two sons. The younger son would rather have his father’s things than a relationship and takes half of his inheritance. He runs off and spends it wildly in a foreign land. Soon, he’s penniless, friendless, and about to die in a gutter.

The younger brother remembers how well even his father’s servants were treated. He decides to go home and ask to be a servant in his father’s house. When he returns he’s surprisingly greeted with love and joy by his father and accepted back into the family.

The older brother gets angry when the father accepts the younger brother back so easily. He’s followed the rules his entire life and he thinks he deserves more love and credit from the father.

No matter what we have done in our life, God is seeking us out and wants a personal relationship with us. Whether we have rebelled like the younger son in Luke (and the daughter in the film) or if we are like the older brother who is trying to earn and manipulate the father’s favor with good behavior, He still wants us to be in relationship with Him.

To have this personal relationship we must acknowledge that we are sinners and that our sin separates us from God. There is nothing we can do on our own to reach God. Only God’s Son Jesus was able to bridge that gap for us through his death and resurrection. We must individually accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord in order to know God personally.

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