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“New York is built upon the dead.” So begins the trailer for the movie Cabrini. The film from Angel Studios is the story of Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889. Her first encounter with the metropolis is disease and death. She takes it upon herself to provide housing and healthcare for the most vulnerable. Overcoming the problems of learning a new language, her own poor health, and the obstinate opposition of New York’s mayor, Cabrini’s work is successful. As she says in the film, “If we are to build an empire of hope, it seems we must first conquer New York.”
Mocked, threatened, and persecuted, Cabrini rebuilt a city from the ground up, caring first for those who could not help themselves. I admit that I have a soft spot when it comes to protecting women. But it turns out Cabrini would not have needed my help. When told that she would have made an excellent man because of her entrepreneurial skills, Cabrini replies, “No. Men could never do what we women do.”
The director of Cabrini, Alegandro Monteverde, also directed Sound of Freedom. Find a link to our review of this and other Monteverde projects at the end of this Truth in Two. Monteverde’s directorial life has been committed to stories about protection of the most vulnerable in society, beginning with the unborn. Monteverde reflects what a visitor would find at Angel Studios landing page suggesting the studio’s mission: “stories that amplify light.” As the movie site Fandango suggests “Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.” Cabrini opened this past weekend. At the time of this writing, the crowd sourced movie had already sold two million tickets. In celebration of Women’s History Month, For the Comenius Institute, this is Dr. Mark Eckel, Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University, personally seeking truth wherever it’s found. [First published at MarkEckel.com]
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It takes a long time to create a movie. A lot of the filming was done in Buffalo, in 2021! Of course that was during covid hysteria, which must have complicated things.
Some behind-the-scenes shots in this article:
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Went to see it on Saturday. A few quibbles (too long, not enough G-d and prayer) but enjoyed it. My husband went to St. Frances Cabrini school in Alexandria, LA, so he was interested to learn more of her story.
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@PainterJean I suspect I have read some of those same reviews. I agree that it would have been beneficial to be clearer about the focus on Jesus, prayer, and a distinctive connection to Matthew 25. I am glad to be able to point people to a Christian film that shows The Church in action, specifically the role Christians have played "doing good" (Titus 3:1, 8, 14) in America (and by extension, for any culture, nation, people group, or historical period). Thanks so much for your good word here.
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@MattBartle thanks so much for this connection to the filming! I grew up around Syracuse; the connection to Buffalo made me smile!
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