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March 24, 2017

BY WAR & BY GOD GOES DEEPER WITH PODCAST

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — March 17, 2017

Following the release of the award-winning documentary, By War & By God, Paladin Pictures has launched a podcast further exploring the stories of the veterans featured in the film. Over the season you will hear accounts of heroism, tragedy, and reconciliation, along with what drew each of these men back to Vietnam taking healthcare and other services to the poor. Episodes of the podcast will be released each week through May culminating in a Memorial Day Special. Listeners are invited to share their own stories and experiences connected to the Vietnam War. This companion series to the film features director, Kent C. Williamson, as the show’s host. Williamson says, “My team and I have worked hard to create a “theatre of the mind” experience with each episode. These powerful interviews are layered with music and sound effects that really bring the stories to life.”

The film was recently nominated for an Emmy and won Best of Show, the Human Spirit Award, Best Editing, and Best Direction at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival. It is also currently up for Most Inspirational Documentary and Best Direction at the International Christian Film Festival in Orlando. The free series is available on Apple iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. You can subscribe to the film’s podcast and learn more about the documentary at ByWarAndByGod.com.

Paladin Pictures is committed to the creation of redemptive entertainment and thought-provoking cultural critique. Please call 434.817.2700 for interviews or comments. Please send notice of publication to Info@PaladinPictures.com

October 20, 2016

BY WAR & BY GOD WINS DOCS WITHOUT BORDERS FILM FESTIVAL

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — October 11, 2016

Paladin Pictures’ EMMY® nominated film, By War & By God, was awarded Best Of Show at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival.

The documentary, directed by Kent C. Williamson, tells the powerful story of a group of Vietnam veterans who return to that beautiful country to find reconciliation and healing from the hell of war. Their new mission: to love and serve the Vietnamese people by providing healthcare to those who need it most. Docs Without Borders Film Festival Founder, Sharon Carpenter-Rose said, By War & By God “is the ultimate example of human beings giving a heartwarming ending to a heartbreaking event.” By War & By God also won the Human Spirit Award, Best Direction (Kent C. Williamson), Best Editing (James Burgess), and Viewer Impact Awards for Content, Message Delivery, and Research.

The Docs Without Borders Film Festival features documentaries and docudramas from around the globe that focus on social issues, the environment, wildlife, and human spirit stories. The winners of each festival are given the opportunity to broaden their audience through connecting with new distribution companies. This year’s festival had over one hundred entries from twenty-two countries, including Switzerland, Croatia, Cambodia, Brazil, Australia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

The group Vets With A Mission, founded in 1989, has taken over 1300 Vietnam war veterans back to Vietnam as part of their ministry of reconciliation. “What an honor it’s been to help tell the story of Vets With A Mission.” said the film’s director, Kent C. Williamson. “These heroes don’t do this work for their own glory. They do it out of love, compassion and mercy; and it springs from their faith.” To learn more about Vets With A Mission please click to VetsWithAMission.org. To learn more about By War & By God, click to PaladinPictures.com.

June 20, 2016

PALADIN FILM BY WAR & BY GOD NOMINATED FOR REGIONAL EMMY AWARD

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – June 20, 2016

The Paladin Pictures documentary film By War & By God has been nominated for a regional Emmy® Award.

Produced and directed by Kent C. Williamson, By War & By God tells the story of a group of Vietnam Veterans who survived the hell of war and since 1989 have been making medical and humanitarian trips back to Vietnam to serve and care for the people of that war-torn country.

General Perry M. Smith, USAF, retired, says By War & By God “is extremely well done, very moving and tells a powerful story.”

The National Capital Chesapeake Bay chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will be awarding this year’s Emmy® winners on Saturday evening, June 25th in Baltimore, Maryland.

To view the film please go to www.ByWarAndByGod.com.

SYNOPSIS: How does war shape a man? The Vietnam conflict was long ago, but its impact lives on and the battles continue in the hearts and minds of the U.S. soldiers who were there. In the jungle heat, the sweat, and the blood they became men. But today, over 40 years later, Vietnam is the land where these men become heroes. By War & By God tells the traumatic, yet redeeming story of a small group of soldiers whose lives were forever shaped by the war, but whose faith has led them back to Vietnam to love, serve, and care for the people of that beautiful land. Through first-person interviews, archival war footage, and present-day on-location filming, the stories of these amazing “Vets with a Mission” will be a testimony of the good that can come from a handful of lives that are touched By War & By God.

By War & By God was produced through the Community Films Foundation in association with Paladin Pictures and eyeMagic. Paladin Pictures is the film division of Paladin Media Group a full-service media production company headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Learn more about the Veterans at VetsWithAMission.org.

November 9, 2015

TO HONOR VETERANS: FREE STREAMING OF THE FILM BY WAR & BY GOD

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – November 9, 2015

In honor of American Veterans, Paladin Pictures, Inc. and the humanitarian group Vets With A Mission will give away free streaming of the new documentary film By War & By God.

Produced and directed by Kent C. Williamson, By War & By God tells the story of a group of Vietnam Vets who survived the war and for 25 years have been making medical and humanitarian trips back to Vietnam to serve and care for the people of that war-torn country.