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DVD Beat CR 4-6-09 Print Email
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Monday, 06 April 2009 03:28 PM America/New_York

Though The Easter Experience ($39.99) debuted recently in time for the high point of the Christian calendar, Thomas Nelson hopes that its DVD-based small group study from City on a Hill Productions will become a year-round resource. The six 20-minute episodes come with a leader’s guide and examine the resurrection through dramatic storytelling and teaching. Participants’ guides are sold separately, with a church kit also available.

altAmpelon Publishing has turned its 2008 Tri Robinson book advocating a revolutionized Christian lifestyle, Small Footprint, Big Handprint, into an eight-part DVD study group. Each 15-minute episode features Robinson and members of his church talking about how they have re-prioritized their lives. The $24.99 set releases this month and is distributed by Wesscott Marketing.

altExploration Films’ Israel: A Journey Through Time ($119.95, April 7) is a 4.5-hour, six-disc set produced by Christians for Israel, Canada, and filmed entirely in the Holy Land. To order, call 800-964-0439.

Advent Film GroupM enlisted the help of Patrick Henry College students and homeschoolers to make Come What May, a 93-minute, pro-life drama about the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Priced at $14.98, the March 17 release is available through Provident-Integrity Distribution.

Margery Williams’ classic children’s book is retold in the part-live action, part-animated The Velveteen Rabbit. Released last month by Family1 Films, the 88-minute production costs $24.97 and is distributed by Thomas Nelson.

A Tamiami Films offering available April 21 is Dog Days of Summer ($19.97), whose executive producer was Rick Eldridge (The Ultimate Gift). The 88-minute drama about a mysterious stranger’s arrival in a small town presents an allegory of the Garden of Eden, and is distributed by EMI CMG Distribution.