Episode 202 - Shooting Truth: International Documentary Filmmaking - with Craig D. Forrest

This interview is also published in video format. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/tCH65oYvzTE

In this episode of the Faith and Family Filmmakers Podcast, Matt Chastain welcomes award-winning documentary filmmaker Dr. Craig D. Forrest to discuss his career spanning 250+ overseas assignments across 161 countries and six continents for major TV /news outlets and faith-based groups. Forrest contrasts common Christian media topics with the darker realities he has filmed, including voodoo, demonic oppression, sex trafficking, war, famine, and terrorism. Craig worked at PTL and INSP, lived in Belgium as a missionary, sharpened live TV skills at Trinity Broadcasting Network, and gained “film school” experience traveling worldwide for World Vision.The conversation covers documentary vs. narrative storytelling, today’s accessibility via smartphones, his book “Night Train to Cairo,” and practical ways to live out faith in secular productions through prayer, Scripture, and Christian community. This engaging conversation provides insightful reflections on how filmmakers can navigate the crossroads of faith and media, while maintaining an uncompromised creative vision.

Highlights Include:

● Why Tell the Hard Stories

● Craig’s Early Beginnings and Career

● World Vision and Going Global

● Old School Cameras and Editing

● Voodoo, Haiti, and Spiritual Warfare

● Living With Cultural Divide

● Documentary Versus Narrative

● Shoot With Your Phone

● Spielberg - Shoot What You Want to Watch

● Marvel Studio's Stan Lee

● Faith on Secular Sets

Bio:

Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Craig D. Forrest, has traveled on-location to 161 countries and 6 continents producing, directing & shooting projects for leading TV networks & cable channels, plus numerous humanitarian and faith-based groups.With over 250+ overseas assignments he has covered subjects as diverse as voodoo, Santeria, tribal warfare, sex trafficking, Islamic terrorism, famine, poverty, war zones, politics, sports, new age cults, demonic possession & the supernatural.

email: craigdforrest@gmail.com

web: CraigForrest.com

Instagram = @craigdforrest

twitter: @craigdforrest

threads: @craigdforrest

books: https://www.craigforrest.com/books

Edited by Wally De La Fuente

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