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Does God's Spirit Really Live In Us? - Yanomamö Story from Mike Dawson

(This story is passed on from Mike Dawson in Coshilowäteli. It is his recent personal experience.) I was speaking with Carlos from the village of Seducudawä. He paddled down to bring his wife to the medical dispensary as she had been stung on the foot by a large stingray and was in a lot… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on October 17, 2009 at 3:26pm — 1 Comment

New TEG Web Site Is Up

We have been working for a while on a new web site for the film. The goal is to have a site that is more dynamic, has better news feeds and access to everything. Because we have a lot of activity coming up this fall, we made the site live tonight. It has much of the same information, but it's in a neater package and is easier for us to keep current. You can get RSS feeds and follow us on Twitter from the home page if you aren't already keeping up with those more frequent updates about the film.… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on September 22, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Belize International Film Festival report

“Thanks for keeping your promise and bringing us a copy of the film.” Several times during my trip to Belize I heard words to this effect coming from our Kekchi actors. Over the past couple of centuries the Maya/Kekchi people have been lied to, deceived and coerced by outsiders. Many expressed deep gratitude for receiving a copy of the film, knowing they could show off their hard work to their family and grandchildren for years to come.… Continue

Added by Matthew Castagna on August 6, 2009 at 12:28pm — 5 Comments

Belize International Film Festival

Just a quick blog to let you know that Matt Castagna, one of the Producers of the film, is in Belize this week and weekend to screen the film at the Belize International Film Festival. The Enemy God makes use of the talents of hundreds of Belizeans and the beautiful Belizean rainforest. The festival organizers have been eager to host a special screening on Saturday, July 25th as part of the festival. Matt will also make some television and radio appearances to talk about the film. We ar… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on July 22, 2009 at 12:38pm — No Comments

A Screenwriters' Jungle

A screenwriters' jungle, literally: writing and directing a feature film in the Amazon. You can read the full blog at http://www.terrapin-point.com/Christopher_Bessette/Blog/Blog.html Cheers, CB. Continue

Added by Christopher Bessette on June 30, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

Surround-Sound Mixing

George Lucas supposedly once said that sound is 51% of a film. Good sound is often the thing that is left out of low-budget films — and you can tell!

I’m sitting in a surround-sound mixing room in California today, working with our sound designer on final tweaks for the 5.1 sur… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on June 24, 2009 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

New Video Clip

Check out the new video clip we just put together. It is a brief interview with Dr. Jim Yost, a well-known anthropologist with years of experience among indigenous groups in the Amazon region. We recently caught up with Dr. Yost at a conference where he saw The Enemy God for the first time. He was gracious to give us a few of his thoughts after viewing the film. He has a lot of insight into indigenous cultu… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on June 10, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

The Enemy God: Fantastic Movie ... If you don't see this, your curiosity will literally drive you nuts!

It was previewed in our church, Faith Tabernacle in Welland, due to the fact that the director, Christopher Bessette attends there [here?]. I can not remember if the film was 1.5 or 2 hours but I could hardly believe that it was over I was so captivated by the story! Everyone should see this. Christopher is so talented and helpful in putting drama together whether on film or in real life. He has directed a couple of Christmas programs in which I played small parts. He led us along one step at… Continue

Added by Charles Pedley on May 22, 2009 at 9:40pm — No Comments

off to canada

yay! PTL! we have been accepted and will leave at the end of June for Northern British Columbia to work for six weeks with the Tsimshian people. Please pray for wisdom, safe travel, and funds. If anyone here wants a newsletter let me know. Sam Continue

Added by Sam Gesch on May 19, 2009 at 3:20pm — No Comments

May Film News Update

Hello All, I want to give an update on what's happening with the film. You can read previous news in my last blog post (below) and even more on our web site news page. - Entertainment 7, our sales agent, is in Cannes, France right now at the large film market that runs beside the famous Cannes Film Festival. They are there to find buyers for our film in Europe and other regions. These deals can take time so we may not know results for a while.… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on May 15, 2009 at 2:14pm — No Comments

Film News Updates

Here are the latest happenings related to the film. April 2, 2009 - The Enemy God has been promoted at MIP-TV, a large film/TV market in Cannes, France. Our sales agent has been at this market this week to make the film known and license broadcast and other uses of the film in different European countries. - This week, we have been at a meeting of organizations involved with indigenous empowerment initiatives in the Amazon region. There are represent… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on April 3, 2009 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Shooting a Feature Film Overseas Pt. 2 - We move to Belize...

In the last entry, we ended with our painful decision to move the shooting location from Venezuela to some other, more stable country. We checked out possible sites in Ecuador, Peru, and Panama before settling on Belize, a small Central American country just north of Guatemala on the Caribbean Sea. Belize is quiet, accessible, friendly, and with the added benefit that English is spoken by most of the population, including the indigenous groups. Also, Matt had lived and worked in Belize so he had… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on February 11, 2009 at 1:27pm — No Comments

Shooting a Feature Film Overseas - Pt. 1

A question that always comes up at festivals and other screenings is how we addressed the challenges of filming overseas for The Enemy God. In a series of blog posts, I’ll try to encapsulate three major hurdles and how we saw them overcome on our project. The three major hurdles are: Logistics, Culture, and Governments. In this first installment I’ll talk about logistics. Here I am talking about things like figuring out how to ship equipment, what can be found on location, building sets,… Continue

Added by Tom Khazoyan on January 30, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Great Community

This is a great way for the filmmakers, actors and crew to be in touch with the audience. I appreciate to opportunity to connect with the audience and I am equally as excited for the actors and crew members that signed up and made themselves available. I think this is a great opportunity for young filmmakers interested in the art - what an opportunity to connect with an experienced cameraman like Paul Cuthbert or visual effects artist like Darren Cranford. Thanks to Tom Khazoyan for developing t… Continue

Added by Christopher Bessette on January 29, 2009 at 9:57am — 7 Comments

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Ken Fast commented on Matthew Castagna's blog post 'Belize International Film Festival report'

Hello Matthew - Just found out that you know my cousin Eileen and her husband Don (whom I have not met). Small world! Btw, I am in touch regularly with John Gowan re/Mendin -- feeding him script as it is written. Lord willing, the training compone...

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Rachel Conklin commented on Tom Khazoyan's blog post 'Does God's Spirit Really Live In Us? - Yanomamö Story from Mike Dawson'

Wow, that is an awesome story. I will say a prayer for Carlos whenever I remember him. It's awesome to know that God does not give up on us. Thanks for the reminder!

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Ken Fast commented on Christopher Bessette's blog post 'Great Community'

Hi Chris -- I recall using 35mm (for still cameras) back in the Ecuadorian amazon (1966-67). Not only was our film kept in ammo boxes with silica gel, but also our Leicas. Leave them out for a few weeks and fungus would start to grow in the lenses...

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Christopher Bessette commented on Christopher Bessette's blog post 'Great Community'

Ken: Shooting in a tropical climate can be challenging on equipment. Anything that we had trouble with concerning the cameras was modern electronics, video assist, batteries etc. The Enemy God motion picture was shot on Super 16mm and 35 mm motion...