Hollywood versus Jehovah's Witnesses

[Jack Ryan]

Emma Thompson is a judge who must determine if she will force a JW child to undergo a blood transfusion.

[Jack Ryan]

Trailer for the film "Apostasy"

[Jack Ryan]

APOSTASY is one of "The Summer's 10 HOTTEST MOVIES"....

Three page spread in The New Review section of the British newspaper The Observer, the 'sunday-sister' newspaper of The Guardian.

Summer's 10 hottest movies chosen by our critics

The Observer (UK), Sunday, May 27, 2018 - The New Review Section, pages 12 and 13

Blockbuster sequels, indie horror, a proper romcom – and a massive shark. Mark Kermode and the film team pick the season's must-sees

1: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again - 20 July

2: Hereditary - 15 June

3: Incredibles 2 - 13 July

4: The Miseducation of Cameron Post - 31 August

5: A Ciambra - 15 June

6: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - 6 June

7: Apostasy - (Daniel Kokotajlo), 27 July

Simple but sharp, and emotionally intense, this British debut by Daniel Kokotajlo offers rare insight into an enclosed and little understood community – the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Set in Manchester, it’s a story of a mother (Siobhan Finneran) and her two daughters, Alex and Luisa (Molly Wright, Sasha Parkinson), raised according to the faith’s rigorous code. But Luisa, discovering other possibilities in life, finds herself “disfellowshipped” – barred from the community and contact with her family. The brilliance of Apostasy is testimony to the fact that storytelling sometimes works best when film-makers are prepared to follow the unexpected path, at the risk of throwing their audience. Kokotajlo’s own background as a Witness brings an authenticity, and superb performances open up deep personal dimensions in this trenchant inquiry into the cost of fundamentalist fervour.

[Jack Ryan]

The pressure mounts: