Ilene Kahn Power’s “An Amish Sin” wins Best Picture for Television at the 2023 LEO Awards as well as Best Cinematography by Thomas Burstyn. The film has also been selected as a Humanitas finalist.

An Amish Sin is produced for Lifetime by Amish Productions, Inc. in association with the Johnson Production Group. Ilene Kahn Power (Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, Gia etc) is the executive producer. Teleplay by Barbara Nance (Crossing Jordan, The X-Files) and Michael Nankin. Story by Barbara Nance. Michael Nankin (The Good Lord Bird, Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer) is the talented director.

The Amish world has always fascinated outsiders with its insular community and 18th century lifestyle that shuns the temptations of modernity. All is not as wholesome as it seems. Inspired by true stories, AmishSin follows Rachel (Dylan Ratzlaff), an Amish teen who refuses to obey her parent’s command that she marry the man who abused her as a child. When she attempts to run away, she is caught and sent to a “rehab” for Amish girls who don’t follow the rules. Managing to escape from the facility, she makes her way to a neighboring city where she has to learn to live – and find her place — in our world. The film also stars Kellie Martin as Rachel’s mother Sara and Rukiya Bernard as Grace, who befriends Rachel when she leaves the Amish community.

Beyond The Headlines: An Amish Sin talks to real women who have left the Amish sect, and discusses the challenges they faced as part of the community, how they got out, and what their lives are like today. We also have consulted an expert on the roles of women in the Amish community, both past and present.

Based on a true story, Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos details the story of Jennifer Dulos (Annabeth Gish), the wealthy Connecticut mother-of-five who mysteriously vanished on May 24, 2019. Jennifer believed she had found her Prince Charming in Fotis Dulos (Warren Christie), but by the time of her disappearance, their marriage had all but disintegrated and the estranged couple was engaged in a highly contentious custody dispute. After dropping off their children at school, she disappeared without a trace, Police turned the spotlight on Fotis, who claimed Jennifer staged her own disappearance ala the film, Gone Girl. Despite his assertions, investigators charged Fotis with murder in January 2020 but just weeks later, still claiming his innocence, Fotis committed suicide.

To this date, the body of Jennifer Dulos has not been found.

Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Executive Produced by Ilene Kahn Power, and Directed by Gail Harvey from a script written by Gregory Small and Richard Blaney. Reframe Stamped. A Lighthouse Pictures Production for Lifetime.

Director: Jeff REICHERT & Farihah ZAMAN

Producers: Elizabeth STANLEY (ELIZABETH STANLEY PICTURES), Ilene Kahn POWER (KAHN POWER PICTURES)

THE WORLD OF DARKOVER

Darkover chronicles the development of a remarkable civilization – technology poor but rich in its ability to harness the psi powers of the human brain (such as telepathy and telekinesis). The absence of metal on the planet made the creation of technology almost impossible. Darkover, however, is rich in other resources such as the matrix stones and kiriseth flowers that enhance and magnify psi-powers (or laran).  The only human-habitable planet of the seven which orbit a fictional red giant star called Cottman IV; Darkover was settled by colonists from Earth when their spaceship accidentally crashed there. The crash ruined the ship and all technology on board, leaving the Terran (Earth) survivors only one choice – to make a new home on the cold and foreign planet. As a result of inter-breeding with a native species known as the Chieri, a small group of humans gained psi-powers(telepathy and telekinesis). These powers seemed to be unique to the Comyn, a red-headed bloodline that became the ruling class. Darkover’s social structure revolves around the possession of psi-powers and the harsh cycles of nature that dominate all life on the planet.

The Spell Sword and The Forbidden Tower are the basis for the film, DARKOVER: THE FORBIDDEN CIRCLE. It tells the story of four people – two men and two women – who come together to challenge the sacred traditions of Darkovan society and the ancient laws of its Matrix Towers.

The lead characters are: Ruling caste member Damon Ridenow; Ellemir, his betrothed, twin sister to Callista-the next Keeper of Arilinn Tower and Earthman Andrew Carr–in love with Callista.

Photograph by Joe Parks

A Proposal For a 12 Part Television Series

Producers: Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Alexandre Bouchet/Yemaya, Paris
Executive Producer: Derek Power, Los Angeles and London

“Tribes are like stars in the sky, identical from a distance but up close,
all are different, unique strands in the extraordinary tapestry that forms humanity.”

Jean-Pierre Dutilleux

Prepare to encounter twelve tribes, from headhunters and cannibals to gentle fishing people and hunter gatherers all intimately known to world renowned ethnographer, photographer and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jean-Pierre Dutilleux.

Decades in the field have taken Dutilleux beyond the role of ethnographer to conscience awakener. His friendship with The First People – the tribal world on five continents – can be summed up in this singular truth: In order to sustain a relationship or indeed this planet, you must revere it. And in order to love anything well you must know it intimately. And so we must listen to the First People.

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