If you are looking for media content to use this Sunday for Mother’s Day,  we’d like to remind you of our film, Deidox | Dawn.

We think the mom’s in your congregation will be inspired by this true story of a mother of three.

This week the Deidox team is attending the Verge 2010 conference in a rainy Austin, TX.  We’re sponsoring the Coffee Lounge, so if you’re at the conference we’d love to meet you in the cafe!

The Verge conference is real cool.  Its focus is on the missional church, and this place is packed full of people who are desiring to be on mission for God.  Seems like each one of them would make a great Deidox story.

Today we’ll also get to sit in on sessions with Francis Chan, Alan Hirsch, Hugh Halter, and Jeff Vanderstelt (from Soma!), all guys who have been hugely influential on our Deidox journey. Love it!

Here are a few pictures from the Cafe.

We are pleased to announce that Deidox |Linday is an official selection for the 2009 Damah Film Festival. This is a unique festival that focuses on exploring the spiritual dimension of life through the art form of the short film.  This years festival will take place October 2-3 in Seattle, WA.

If you are in the area we would love to see you at the festival. Click here for ticket information.

Our vision for Deidox is to not only challenge and inspire people with the stories told, but to also highlight and support organizations that are demonstrating God’s love on a daily basis.

For each Deidox story, we have identified a non-profit organization that compliments the themes and issues raised in the short film. One dollar of each download over $2.98 is then provided to that non-profit organization to help them accomplish their mission.

For example, part of the proceeds from Deidox|Deon goes to support the work of Union Rescue Mission in downtown Los Angeles.

Established in 1891, URM is one of the largest rescue missions of its kind in the United States and the oldest in Los Angeles. They provide a comprehensive array of emergency and long-term services to their guests, including: food, shelter, clothing, medical and dental care, recovery programs, transitional housing, legal assistance, education, counseling, and job training to needy men, women, children, and families.

Thank you so much for your continued support of Deidox!

One of our favorite bloggers, Eugene Cho, recently wrote a humbling review of Deidox.  Ever since personally meeting Eugene, we’ve been big fans of his blog.  Eugene is the founding and lead pastor of Quest Church in Seattle.  He is considered one of the most prominent bloggers on issues of Justice, Faith, and Christianity.  If these are topics of interest to you, then we highly recommend his blog.

Eugene and his wife, Minhee, recently co-founded One Day’s Wages,  a 501(c)(3) organization and grassroots movement that encourages millions of people to simply give their “One Day’s Wages” to fight extreme global poverty.  100% of public donations go directly to fund grants, projects, & organizations that are doing amazing work amongst the poorest of the poor.

We are always encouraged to hear how our films are being used by pastors, church leaders and invidividuals.  It is our hope that God is continually revealed through the lives of individuals whose stories we tell.  Please let us know how Deidox has been used by your church, small group or in any other situation.  Thanks to all for your continued support!

Back in February the team from Deidox had the opportunity to participate in an un-conference called The Idea Camp.  It was a  gathering of some of the most innovative and creative leaders from around the country for the purpose of  sharing ideas, intentional networking, and collaborating on idea-making.

The best part about it was that it was FREE!  And in this case, free is full of value.  In fact, I would argue it provided more information and results than most conferences that charge $200 and up to attend.  The conference was more about the participants than any one keynote  speaker. (If you’ve been following our Deidox story you know that hearing from the “participants” is something we’re passionate about.)

Anyway, it was a great experience and we were thrilled to hear they are doing another Idea Camp in Washington, D.C.  The focus of the conversation and networking will be around the topics of compassion and justice.

Our team is planning on attending this conference and we would encourage everyone on the east coast to do the same!  Click here to find out more information.  You can also learn more at http://www.theideacamp.com/

Hope to see you there!

Yesterday we released Deidox Producer Dave Mahanes’ top 10 favorite documentaries.  Now we bring you Director Brent Gudgel’s favorites.  He had a hard time coming up with only 10.  These are in no particular order.

10. Audience of One

9. Harlan County, USA

8. Manda Bala

7. Fog of War

6. Lake of Fire

5. King of Kong

4. Endless Summer 2

3. Hoop Dreams

2. Hell House

1. American High*

* Yes, “American High” was a doc tv miniseries (on PBS), but it was hugely influential in awakening me to the power of documentary storytelling.

Other fine documentaries worth watching:

American Teen

Spellbound

Grizzly Man

Baraka

The Up Series

Iraq in Fragments

Planet Earth

Dust to Glory

Dear Francis

Producer Dave Mahanes talks with Sean Copeland of Air1 Radio about Deidox. The 4 minute interview focuses on the vision behind Deidox and why so many people are enjoying and responding to the films.

Click to play the interview below.

We have been in Riverside for the last two days filming our latest Deidox story.  We are really excited about this latest story.  It is definitely different from the first three films.  Below are a few pics from production:

More info and pics to come after we get back home.