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'Kidnapped For Christ' at Out Twin Cities Film Festival hosted by Theatres at Mall of America
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE! Kidnapped For Christ is co-sponsored by Westminster Presbyterian Church and Grace-Trinity Community Church. Panel discussion follows the screening.
(USA) RT: 85 min.
KIDNAPPED FOR CHRIST tells the shocking stories of American teenagers who were taken from their homes and shipped to Escuela Caribe, an American-run Christian behavior modification program in the Dominican Republic. When a young evangelical filmmaker is granted unprecedented access to film behind the gates of this controversial school, she discovers shocking secrets and young students that change her life.
2014 | USA | 85 min.
DIRECTOR KATE S. LOGAN WRITER YADA ZAMORA CO-WRITER KATE S. LOGAN PRODUCERS YADA ZAMORA, KATE S. LOGAN, PAUL A. LEVIN EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS LANCE BASS, MIKE C. MANNING, TOM DESANTO EDITORS H. DWIGHT RAYMOND IV, SEAN YATES CINEMATOGRAPHERS PETER BORRUD, STASH SLIONSKI, SAM ALLEN, JOSHUA CSEHAK, BRADLEY SCOTT, KATE S. LOGAN MUSIC JOSEPH S. DEBEASI
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When young missionary KATE LOGAN hears about ESCUELA CARIBE, a small Christian boarding school that bills itself as a rehabilitation center for troubled teens, she sees the perfect opportunity to make a difference. Hoping to document the positive effects a place like this could have on struggling youth, she is allowed to stay and film on campus in the Dominican Republic for a summer. Once there, Kate discovers the shocking truth of what is really going on at this remote reform school. She hears stories of kids being taken by force in the middle of the night, rumors of physical abuse, and witnesses staff imposing arbitrary and degrading punishments on the young students.
During her time there she follows the stories of several students who were sent to Escuela Caribe to be "treated" for various issues. She meets BETH, a 15-year-old from Michigan who suffers panic attacks so debilitating that she had trouble staying in school all day. Instead of professional treatment, Beth is subjected to inappropriate and often painful punishments, including spankings and being confined to an isolation room. TAI, a 16-year-old Haitian-American girl from Boston, was sent to Escuela Caribe after acting out and experimenting with drugs to cope with childhood traumas, including rape. Tai opens up to Kate, telling her that what the school is doing is wrong and encourages her to expose the truth to the world.
Kate begins to realize that she has stumbled upon a much scarier story than she originally thought. This is solidified when she meets DAVID, who was sent to the program shortly after coming out to his parents. David has been unable to communicate with anyone in the outside world since he was forcibly taken in the middle of the night by people his parents hired to transport him to the school. With Kate, he feels safe enough to reveal not only why he was sent there, but also how he has been plotting to escape. David begs Kate to find a way to tell his friends back home in Colorado what happened to him. Unbeknownst to the staff, he slips her a letter intended for his best friend ANGIE which reveals the harsh realities this once promising honor student has been unwillingly subjected to as a direct result of his sexual orientation.
With mounting evidence that this so-called "therapeutic boarding school" is no more than a crude brainwashing camp, Kate is determined to help at least one student escape. The struggles she faced to secure David's freedom reveals just how far Escuela Caribe will go to prevent their students from leaving. The journey will test Kate's faith in ways she could never imagine.
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LocationTheatres at Mall of America (View)
401 South Avenue
Bloomington, MN 55425
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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