Open Doors Films and Videos

The story of the Suffering Church is often best told through moving images of individual believers and communities of believers who go through persecution for their faith in Jesus almost on a daily basis. The feature films and documentary videos from Open Doors capture the drama, as well as the challenge of the Suffering Church.

Eastern Bride

A gripping drama that takes you to the very frontlines of persecution, the Middle East, China - and gives you an inside look at how ministry of Open Doors is quietly making a difference the lives of those without a voice.

Bamboo in Winter

The story of a young girl who dared to ask what the real choices are for her future as a fresh university graduate. Determined to find out what lay beyond her community's traditional life patterns, she discovers she was made for a purpose beyond her wildest dreams.

Behind the Sun

Often the first source of persecution is one's own family. Samir finds out this painful truth for himself in the gripping tale of how the spirit can stand victorious, and how a different sort of a famaily can be the source of the greates support one can ever know this side of heaven.

Stripes of the Zebra

A movie that dares to tell what Christians in Africa are going through even today as a result of their Christian faith. It's the story of a boy with a destiny. Of a mother with a vision. A church with a hope!

World Watch Report

A news documentary series produced by Open Doors, telling the story of the Suffering Church and what Open Doors is doing to minister to it. The camera focuses on China, Central Asia, the Philippines and the Middle East. With profiles, interviews and analyses from correspondents from around the world.

The Narrow Road

A two-part feature presenting the biblical principles underlying Christian and showing what the Church is doing today to address it. Popular group Jars of Clay tells the story of their personal encounter with the Persecuted Church, and recasts their song "The Road" to issue a call to identify with those who hurt for Christ's sake.

Encountering the Persecuted Church

A brief 10-minute introduction to the concept of persecution in its present-day forms, and a summary of how God has raised and led Open Doors to serve persecuted Christians worldwide.