Interesting Foreign Christian Netflix Movies

Sometimes I'll pick a few random foreign movies from the Faith and Spirituality category at Netflix.com, and these two were nice surprises.

Two Suitcases: The Story Of St. Josephine Bakhita was slow, but had a nice ending, and I learned a lot about Saint Bakhita . It was filmed on location where Saint Bakhita last lived in Florence, Italy. The production quality is cheesy, the dubbing laughable, but the information about her life was worth the rental. The story is told through a Canossian Sister to her visiting cynical brother as he struggles with his faith.

From Netflix:
"Discover the power of faith in this story of Saint Josephine, a Sudanese woman who, after being sold into slavery many times over as a child, finally found herself in Italy, where she was cared for by a surprisingly kind family. In Venice, the Sisters of Canossa brought her into the fold, leading the young Josephine to God. Upon returning to her native country, she devoted herself to spreading a timeless message of love and forgiveness."

More Than Dreams

From Netflix: "This faith-based docudrama chronicles five stories of Muslim men and women who have undergone a spiritual transformation after experiencing visions of Jesus Christ. Once devout followers of Islam, these individuals now practice Christianity after accepting Jesus as their savior. Re-creations include the experiences of a Turkish former alcoholic, an Indonesian teen, a Nigerian herder, an Egyptian terrorist, and a young Iranian man. "

This subtitled movie filmed on location(s) was so interesting, a slice of life in countries I know very little about - the Muslim Middle East and South East Asia. The first story with a young woman from Indonesia was the best, very moving. All these people tell powerful testimonies of faith. Jesus is still performing miracles in the world; you just don't hear it on the news ;) . Surprisingly it got high ratings at Netflix, where usually there is a cynical audience (Five stars out five at Amazon.com!). Happily all the stories turn out well for the converts, some having to leave their homelands, but finding a better life with freedom to follow Christ in Europe and America.

An Amazon review: "This DVD belongs in every Christians collection, and is truly one of, IF NOT the best film I've ever seen. This film moved me to tears, esp. in the story about the man who is abusive to his wife, and how he became a new man after seeing Christ in a dream. I invited a friend over to see it, and he was moved to tears after seeing the first story! It was that powerful! "