03/13/2021 at 2:17 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
The re-creation of the Italian painter’s masterpiece, carried out by internationally renowned moviemakers, will be displayed in Jerusalem, Milan and Rome to bring hope to populations hit by the coronavirus health crisis as Easter approaches.
The nine-minute tableau vivant is presented in slow motion, bringing the famous painting to life.
It is almost impossible nowadays, when thinking about Jesus’ Last Supper, not to picture it in the very same way as Leonardo da Vinci did, five centuries ago (1495-1497). Indeed, the Italian painter captured the essence of this Gospel account in such a prodigious way notably through a revolutionary sense of perspective that his personal representation of the Institution of the Eucharist is indelibly ingrained in millions of minds worldwide, beyond fashions and generations.
Byron Allen Acquires Civil Rights-Era Biography From Selma to Sorrow - Film News in Brief
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Byron Allen Acquires Civil Rights-Era Biography ‘From Selma to Sorrow’ For Film
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group feature film division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, has announced it has acquired global media rights to the critically-acclaimed historic biography “From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo.”
“From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo” is written by author and historian Mary Stanton (“Journey Toward Justice”) and traces the life story of Viola Liuzzo a white housewife, part-time college student, and mother of five children whose passion for the civil rights movement led to her brutal murder by the Ku Klux Klan immediately following her participation in the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches of 1965.