Seminary Movie.
In June of 2000, Lutheran Theological Seminary contracted with the company LBL-Sibir to
produce a film highlighting the activities of LTS and its satellite programs. LBL-Sibir
already did such service for LTS and West Siberian Christian Mission in 1997. The first
movie was called "The Beginning," which was produced both in Russian and English
versions. It depicted the second Summer Seminar in 1997 and showed the dedication of the
Lutheran Theological Seminary building. The film documented the true beginning of Lutheran
education in Siberia. Now, after three years have passed, it is possible to look back and
see the first fruits of the process that has actually just started.
The new film will mostly concentrate on regular life at Lutheran Theological Seminary,
including the activity of the classroom. Interviews with professors will occupy a major
part. No small attention will be given also to the monthly seminars held by LTS and to the
pre-seminary program organized in Khakasia. Summer seminars will constitute one of the
elements of the new movie, but will not play such a decisive role as in the first film.
The LBL producer for the film is Boris Mamlin, a parishioner of Bible Lutheran Church
in Novosibirsk. He has taken part in many international projects, and his work has taken
him to the North Pole and to Antarctica. Boris knows the life of the Lutheran church from
within, which is certainly a positive factor for this movie project.
The operator and his crew will have to go on trips across Siberia to catch the scope of
the seminary's work. According to the agreement reached with LBL-Sibir, the movie should
be completed by January 2001.
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