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CHICAGO - The feature length documentary "Bonhoeffer," directed by Martin Doblmeier, is showing in several cities this summer, including a return engagement June 27-July 10 at the Gene Siskel Film Center here. The film, which ran at that theater in late March, returns in a series of national showings. The 90-minute film debuted at the Siskel Film Center in March for a "trial run" in which every show was sold out, according to Doblmeier. "It took off from there," he said. Though the film was turned down for the Sundance Film Festival, a committee there decided the film had a lot to say and provided showings for the film in local churches, Doblmeier said. From there, the film was invited for showings at congregations across the country, he said. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian. He was part of an attempted assassination plot on Hitler and was executed near the end of World War II. The film offers a historical view of Bonhoeffer's theology, said Doblmeier. "It's a historical biography that is not afraid to explore the theology of Bonhoeffer," he said. In the film are several pieces of historical film footage from the World War II era. "We went out of our way to find historical film footage that is really different," Doblmeier said. "We used film that had never been seen before." Overall, Doblmeier said the film's emergence into mainstream venues is important. "It's a film about faith, and to see that in mainstream theatrics is a real accomplishment," he said. "The success of the film means a lot. It's a very affirming experience." The film opened in New York June 20. It will debut in Washington D.C., July 11; Indianapolis, July 11; Santa Fe, N.M., July 11; and Minneapolis, July 18. It will be shown in Seattle, July 25-27; Fort Lauderdale, July 3-Aug. 3; Cochranton, Pa., Aug. 7-13; and Cleveland, Sept. 3 and Sept. 7. Information about the documentary can be found
at www.bonhoeffer.com
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