{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"New birth for humanity: Children of Men (2006) w\/ Timothy Reckart","description":"Oscar-nominated writer and director Timothy Reckart rejoins the podcast to discuss a movie that has a marked resonance with the Nativity story, Alfonso Cuaron\u2019s brilliantly crafted dystopian thriller Children of Men. Set in 2027, it depicts a world that has fallen into despair and chaos because of a worldwide infertility crisis: no one has been able to have a baby in eighteen years. The film, made in 2006, depicts a future England looks in many ways like today\u2019s: childlessness, terrorism, and state-provided euthanasia. In the midst of all this, jaded protagonist Theo (Clive Owen) is given the task of secretly escorting a young refugee woman to the coast - and then discovers that she is pregnant. Sycamore Studios https:\/\/sycamorestudios.com\/ SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/newsletters DONATE to keep this podcast going: https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio Music is The Duskwhales, \u201cTake It Back\u201d, used with permission. https:\/\/theduskwhales.bandcamp.com ","author_name":"Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/criteria","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34628605\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/34628605"}