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Faith-Based Film: Sonja Piper Dosti Heard The Best Pitch At Age 8

Sonja Piper Dosti found her faith at 8 years old and never turned her back on it, even through a long and successful career in filmmaking. How does that work? Listen and find out!

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Sonja didn’t grow up a Christian; she discovered her faith at 8 when a stranger introduced her to The Bible. She’s held that faith close through her life, even as she moved through a career in film. We talk about the gap between the quiet austerity of religion and how that squares with a career in the film industry, which isn’t exactly known for its quiet austerity. We also take a swim in The Fishbowl and answer some humdingers from that arena. And, of course, empathy!

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Season 01 Episode 19
Sonja Piper Dosti Heard The Best Pitch At Age 8

Recorded on July 23, 2018
Released on August September 18, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:10:45

Sonja Piper Dosti can be found on Twitter @spdosti and on the web at www.sonjapiperdosti.com/.

Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com/hwfishbowl


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Faith-Based Film: Jennifer Dornbush Believes In Hope, Healing & Dissecting Depravity

Kicking off our miniseries on Faith-Based Film, writer Jennifer Dornbush opens the case file on her life, her writing techniques and thoughts on how we can improve movies about The Bible.

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Jennifer Dornbush grew up in a house with human body parts strewn about, but not in a bad way. Her father worked in forensics. That environment would have an influence on her writing career but not right away. Once it did though, her career took off in new and unexpected ways, including a recent turn as a faith-based film writer. All of that in more detail in this episode and then we get to The Fishbowl. We draw Improv Poetry (nail it!), Childhood Mischief and Anti-Antidisestablishmentarianism.

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Season 01 Episode 18
Faith-Based Film: Jennifer Dornbush Believes In Hope, Healing & Dissecting Depravity

Recorded on July 18, 2018
Released on September 11, 2018
Episode Duration: 01:14:26

Jennifer Dornbush can be found on the web at www.jenniferdornbush.com.

Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com

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