A QUEST FOR MEANING - Myth, Imagination & Faith
in the Literature
of J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis
Featuring
the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
A
documentary television production of
THE DUNCAN GROUP
In association with
CROUSE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
presented by
Iowa Public Television
In Production: The Duncan Group is currently in production
on a one-hour public television documentary tentatively titled
A QUEST FOR MEANING. The film explores myth, faith and the
imaginative process in the work of authors J.R.R. Tolkien
and C.S. Lewis. Produced in association with Crouse Entertainment
Group and Iowa Public Television, The Duncan Group is digging
deeper into a single theme from its award-winning 2002 presentation
of The Magic Never Ends - The Life
& Work of C.S. Lewis. In several of Lewis' classic works,
the writer explores what he, Tolkien and others referred to
as "the true myth."
As
Oxford professors, Lewis and Tolkien enjoyed a close friendship.
Both shared strong scholarly interest in mythology and both
wrote popular fantasy and fiction now considered classic including
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Lewis' The Chronicles
of Narnia. Like prominent British writers who preceded them
including George MacDonald and GK Chesterton, Tolkien and
Lewis believed that Christianity had many of the characteristics
of classic mythology. The difference, they believed, was that
Christianity also happened to be true.
A
QUEST FOR MEANING explores the central theme of "the true
myth" with experts and scholars weighing in from various perspectives.
The show follows in the tradition of both The Magic Never
Ends and the PBS special The Question of God. It is our hope
to enlighten and entertain viewers by discussing in detail
the mythical and spiritual underpinnings in the writings of
Tolkien and Lewis. The film includes enlightening interviews
with scholars from various secular and non-secular perspectives
including but not limited to Reza Aslan, Verlyn Flieger, Christopher
Mitchell and Dr. John Polkinghorne.
A QUEST FOR MEANING is being written and directed by Chip
Duncan. Patricia Ostermick and Robert Huck are co-producers.
Chip Duncan and David Crouse are the film's executive producers.
Iowa Public Television (IPTV.org)
is the flagship station for broadcast within the PBS system.
The Duncan Group worked previously with Iowa Public Television
on its 2007 production of Prayer In
America and the 2004 production of The
Cost of Freedom - Civil Liberties, Security and the USA PATRIOT
Act. The Duncan Group and IPTV recently completed production
of LANDSLIDE - A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover for
a fall 2009 broadcast on PBS.
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