Film Students Receive Best in Show Award for "Saving Faith"

In 2016, when Father Douglas Al-Bazi traveled to Papatoetoe, New Zealand to lead St. Addai Chaldean Catholic Church, the people there began to learn about his time as an ISIS captive. Father Al-Bazi shared his stories of torture by ISIS and his struggle to keep his faith. "Saving Faith" – written and directed by John Mohler (’21) and Luke Layden (’20) – reveals the perseverance of Father Al-Bazi and the Iraqi community following one of the most hostile times in Iraq's history.  

The film was funded by the Salmanowitz and LaMattina grants, and speaks to BC’s commitment to social justice and human rights filmmaking. The Salmanowitz and LaMattina grants were postponed for the summer due to the health crisis, but hopefully will resume in January or March, 2021.