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CTP (S4ESepSpecial1) How A Film Producer Builds Escapist Movies With Moral Clarity
I sit down with film and TV producer Leif Bristow to talk about making beautiful, escapist movies rooted in solid moral principles. We dig into Dancing Through the Shadow and the true story of a Chinese ballerina surviving the Cultural Revolution while fighting for her family’s freedom. 
• Leif’s upbringing across Canada and the United States and how it shapes his worldview 
• Why romance and holiday movies can be modern travel for audiences 
• Building stories on Christian Judaic moral principles without turning films into sermons 
• Creating positive role models for young women on screen 
• Dancing Through the Shadow as a love story set against the Cultural Revolution 
• Labor camps, propaganda, surveillance files and the cost of asking questions 
• Defection and the long fight to reunite a family 
• Real diversity through experience versus forced DEI messaging 
• Why he avoids gratuitous sex and violence and uses suggestion instead 
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