Transforming pain and breaking isolation are important lessons that I learned while making this film. I was 10,000 road miles and six months in thanks to this project when we found out that….. Continue reading Directors Notes: Transforming Pain & Breaking Isolation
Film Director Paul J. Steinbroner on Beit T’Shuvah, Gratitude, and his latest film “Soul Sanctuary.” Continue reading Directors Notes: Beit T’Shuvah
How grateful I am for the hospitality that the staff and residents at Beit T’Shuvah have shown to allow my crew and I to film at the High Holy Day Services, as well as their daily ethics meetings and Torah studies. Continue reading Directors Notes: “Soul Sanctuary”
Soul Sanctuary documents the courageous work of redemption that is grist for this story, and it takes place at Beit T’Shuvah: an urban rehab center that is grounded in the wisdom of the Torah. Continue reading Called From Darkness Presents “Soul Sanctuary” Official Trailer
Film Director Paul J. Steinbroner on distribution, filmmaking, purpose, and meaning. Continue reading Directors Notes: Meaning, Purpose, and Being All In.
I started the day early with an interview with Campbell, a member of Recovery Cafe in Seattle, Washington. She worked on the oil pipeline in Alaska and lived that wildcat lifestyle, and when she was done chasing money she brought all the bad habits back to Seattle. But that was a former life as she has been a participant at Recovery Cafe for 12 years … Continue reading Directors Notes: The Magic of Recovery Cafe
Notes from director Paul J. Steinbroner on filmmaking, transformation, and spirituality. Continue reading Directors Notes: A May 20th Letter, by Paul J. Steinbroner
Called From Darkness is a documentary series currently in production that provides hope, answers and illumination to the question of the spiritual dimension of addiction. This project has been filmed with Fr. Greg Boyle and the Home Boy Industries in East LA, at the Standown an annual bivouac in San Diego for homeless, traumatized and addicted Veterans. Our crew has filmed at the NW Indian … Continue reading Called From Darkness Documentary Series: Official Trailer
In East L.A. the road from addiction, incarceration, and violence starts at Home Boy Industries and it impacts the lives of thousands of people who were living without hope but now the whole community is loving this Joy Ride !!! Joy Ride DVD Continue reading Joy Ride- Official Trailer
Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California talks about what it often takes to begin recovery: whether it be recovery from drug addiction, or a life of gang culture. Continue reading It Takes What It Takes
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