On the other side is the triumphant story of the drop boxs pastor lee. The drop box provides a safe place for people to place unwanted, deformed babies. Pastor lee and his wife provides a home and love for these babies. The drop box documentary tells the true story of south korean pastor lee jongrak and his heroic efforts to embrace and protect abandoned children. Brian ivie is the awardwinning director of the drop box, one of the highestgrossing fathom events of all time, making over three million dollars in just four nights. The drop box a chance at the future by angela guzman l the. The children suffered from various disabilities,but according to the times, to pastor lee jongrak, theyare perfect.
Ivie and i had this conversation late last year in atlanta where ivie and a team from focus on the. The published film critic and recreational songwriter became a christian while working on the drop box film. Ted kluck was published by david c cook publishing company in august 2015 and is our 226th best seller. The drop box, by brian ivie and ted kluck when filmmaker brian ivie read about a south korean pastor who took in disabled children through a baby drop box, he knew he had found documentary gold. But for brian ivie, making the student short that evolved into the fulllength documentary the drop box changed his life on a far deeper level. One frigid winter, a pastor finds an abandoned infant on his church steps and builds a heated hatch to rescue any others. This channel was generated automatically by youtubes video di. As the story goes, pastor lee jongrak, like many others, was disgusted by the common practice of women leaving their newborns and children on the streets. The drop box by brian ivie and ted kluck audiobook. The drop box unabridged, 5 cds by brian ivie koorong. The drop box may have been released in theatres near you for just a few nights recently, and if so, you were sure to hear about the many tears it caused people to shed.
Ivie also wrote a new book with ted kluck, called the drop box, that was just released by david c. He started out with the goal of shaking up the film world, but in. Ship this item qualifies for free shipping buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. Brian ivie is raising funds for the drop box on kickstarter. Brian ivie, a usc film major from san clemente, has a camera.
How 500 abandoned babies, an act of compassion, and a movie changed my life forever. The film was first screened on april 5, 2014 at the john paul ii international film festival. The drop box goodreads meet your next favorite book. Brian ivies documentary the drop box is an emotional balancing act. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. In the book drop box, brian ivie tells his story of filming the movie drop box and his journey to finding jesus.
Facebookbrian ivie when director brian ivie started working on the film the drop box, he thought that he would be weaving his artistic vision and magic into the film. Featuring intimate interviews with survivors and family members, emanuel from executive producers stephen curry and viola davis, coproducer mariska hargitay, and director brian ivie the drop box is a poignant story of justice and faith, love and hate, examining the healing power of forgiveness. Brian ivie directed the drop box, a documentary film about the life of pastor lee jongrak and his wife. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the drop box.
Film had been his religion, but through meeting pastor lee, ivie met jesus. The main storyline of the drop box the book is brians conversion to christianity. Lee jongrak, a pastor in seoul set up a drop box at the front of his church to. How 500 abandoned babies, an act of compassion, and a movie changed my life forever kindle edition by ivie, brian, kluck, ted, kluck, ted. Director becomes christian while making the drop box movie. He recently graduated from the bryan singer division of critical studies at uscs school of cinematic arts. The box for babies the drop box is about a south korean pastor who built a mailbox for abandoned babies in seoul, south korea. The drop box by brian ivie overdrive rakuten overdrive.
We are sitting down and chatting with brian ivie, the director of the gripping documentary entitled the drop box. We grow closer to the pastor and his kids as we see. Brian ivie is the awardwinning director of the drop box film and cofounder of kindred image. The drop box is the remarkable story of brian ivie as he produced a documentary and discovered god, in the process. One winter, a pastor finds an abandoned infant on his church steps, and builds a drop box to rescue any others. The drop box is a movie about mercy, heroism, and profound hope. We know of one person who will never be the same because of the drop box the movies director, brian ivie. How 500 abandoned babies, an act of compassion, and a movie changed my life forever brian ivie author, ted kluck author, brandon batchelar narrator.
But once brian gets to south korea and starts filming, the book picks up pace and interest. Director brian ivie became a christian while working on the drop box film. Dont miss the story behind the baby drop box by carl. And hes written a book about his experiences, as well, called the drop box. Now a featurelength film, the drop box will appear on nearly 1,000 screens today for a threeday release sponsored by focus on the family. Directing the drop box with brian ivie risen magazine.
The drop box is a documentary about a pastor in south korea who, because of the many babies who are abandoned by parents all the time due to defects and fear of social repercussions, built a box in the side of his house for parents to leave their kids as an alternative to the gutter. The drop box by brian ivie brian ivie, lee jongrak. His debut film, currently on netflix, has also raised over 2 million dollars for orphancare charities around the world. On point of view today, kerby chats with director brian ivie about his inspirational documentary, the dropbox. The drop box is a 2014 documentary biographical drama film written and directed by brian ivie. Check out the teaser trailer for this inspiring new documentary from executive producers stephen curry and viola davis, coproducer mariska hargitay, and director brian ivie the drop box. He came to faith in jesus christ while working on this film. The story of this man and his baby box is reaching the entire world with the 72minute documentary called the drop box by young 22yearold filmmaker brian ivie.
I found the first half of the book to be very slow and very different from what i was expecting. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He is an awardwinning director of the film, the drop box and cofounder of kindred image. How 500 abandoned babies, an act of compassion, and a movie changed my life forever audiobook by brian ivie, ted kluck. Brian ivie was a young, ambitious film student in southern california who read the story of the drop box and.
The drop box tells the story of south korean pastor lee jongrak and his heroic. It is a story about the forgotten, the disabled, the discarded, and the man who gives everything to protect them. Brian ivie, author and director of the film the drop box, remembers his initial discovery of the baby mailbox vividly. The drop box is a 2015 documentary directed by brian ivie about pastor lee jong rak and his work with abandoned children in south korea. In fact, john, focus on the family and kindred image, we are releasing a.