NOOMA
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Company type | 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization |
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Founded | 2001 |
Headquarters | Grandville, Michigan |
Website | https://twitter.com/flannelstaff |
NOOMA is a series of 24 short films (less than 14 minutes each) produced by Flannel that "blend [events of] everyday with discussion about God".]
Format
Each film is 10 to 14 minutes that blends events of everyday life with "discussion about God", each on a different topic, without a pre-planned order.[1] Each short story covers a specific topic on a real-life situation, usually by relating the various experiences from a Christian perspective.[citation needed] Each NOOMA video features Rob Bell, the author of Love Wins, who was pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan in 2011.[1] The NOOMA videos are subtitled in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Mandarin and Korean.[citation needed] The executive director of Flannel, the producer of NOOMA, announced in 2009 plans to feature additional Christian teachers in future NOOMA films.[4]
Notable locations
Most NOOMAs featuring are shot on location in
History
Originally, the
In March 2005,
An app is also available to watch the NOOMA videos for both iOS and Android, developed in 2011 by the Christian media publishing company Zondervan.[1]
NOOMA series
NOOMA premiered in November 2002. The last film was published July 2009. Twenty-four different films have been created, each with a different theme:
- 001 | Rain: "Things don't always work out the way we want them to."
- 002 | Flame: "What's up with the word love?"
- 003 | Trees: "Do our lives really matter?"
- 004 | Sunday: "Why do we do the things we do?"
- 005 | Noise: "Why is silence so hard to deal with?"
- 006 | Kickball: "Why can't we always have what we want?"
- 007 | Luggage: "It isn't always easy to forgive."
- 008 | Dust: "Does God believe in us?"
- 009 | Bullhorn: "Can we separate loving God and loving others?"
- 010 | Lump: "A lot of us have done things in our lives we are ashamed of."
- 011 | Rhythm: "What does it mean to have a relationship with God?"
- 012 | Matthew: "Suffering the loss of someone we love can be the most difficult thing in life to deal with."
- 013 | Rich: "Maybe God has blessed us with everything we have so we can bless and give to others."
- 014 | Breathe: "Our physical breath is actually a picture of a deeper spiritual reality."
- 015 | You: "Some of the central claims of the Christian faith are the source of many discussions and heated debates. But are we always debating the right things?"
- 016 | Store: "We all get angry about things from time to time."
- 017 | Today: "How much time and energy do we spend wishing things were how they used to be?"
- 018 | Name: "Why are we so concerned with what other people think, say, or look like?"
- 019 | Open: "What if there’s more to prayer than just God listening and answering?"
- 020 | Shells: "What are we really doing with our time?"
- 021 | She: "When we omit the feminine, are we missing a very fundamental part of God's nature?"
- 022 | Tomato: "Do we try so hard to live the perfect life that we miss out on how to truly live?"
- 023 | Corner: "Why is it that often when we get what we want, we still feel empty?"
- 024 | Whirlwind: "What do we do when there aren't nice, neat answers?"
Soundtrack
Music from the first ten NOOMA videos were released the soundtrack NOOMA Soundtrack | Volume 001 in December 2005. It features Brie Stoner and David Vandervelde, both independent artists that are not employed by NOOMA.[citation needed]
Track # | Name | Artist | NOOMA Video |
01 | Come Down | Brie Stoner | Rain |
02 | History | David Vandervelde | Rain |
03 | Indiana | David Vandervelde | Flame |
04 | Yum Choi Bo Ram | David Vandervelde | Flame |
05 | All My Prayers | David Vandervelde | Trees |
06 | Son of Gold | David Vandervelde | Sunday |
07 | Slaves | Brie Stoner | Noise |
08 | Can You Love Me | Brie Stoner | Kickball |
09 | Instrumental | David Vandervelde | Luggage |
10 | Wait | Brie Stoner | Dust |
11 | Cheap | Brie Stoner | Bullhorn |
12 | Heaven Weeps | David Vandervelde | Bullhorn |
13 | Flowers | David Vandervelde | Rich |
The later NOOMA videos feature music that is not on the soundtrack:
NOOMA Video | Artist | Name |
Lump | The Album Leaf | Over the Pond |
Rhythm | David Vandervelde | Moonlight (Instrumental) |
Matthew | The Album Leaf | Window |
NOOMA Trailer | Aphex Twin | Girl / Boy |
Further reading
- Willey, Robin D. (February 18, 2019). "Shifting the Sacred: Rob Bell and the Postconservative Evangelical Turn". Critical Research on Religion. 7 (1): 80-99. .
References
- ^ a b c d e Kumar, Anugrah (July 31, 2011). "Rob Bell's 'NOOMA' Videos Now an App". The Christian Post. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
- . See Note 11 therein.
- ^ Redmond, K. (April 6, 2009). "Compassion/Nooma Film Creates Powerful Message of Unfair Grace". MarketWired.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ McCellan, Scott. "Producer Spotlight: NOOMA". EchoHub. Retrieved May 28, 2012.[dead link]