LA Times Reviews The Heart of Nuba Just in this morning from the LA Times, on the eve of our opening. “…gripping, inspiring documentary. “…The whippet-thin, formerly 245-pound college football star maintains an upbeat, can-do attitude, charming... Read more
“If I can go to my grave — despite all my limitations, my faults, everything else — if I can say, ‘You know what? I think I did God’s work.’ I think I would die a happy man,” he said. “That’s my goal.” A... Read more
In the new documentary, “The Heart of Nuba,” an inspiring true story is told about Dr. Tom Catena, an American physician at Mother of Mercy Hospital in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. There, the film’s producers say, Dr. Catena has “selflessly and courageously” served... Read more
The Heart of Nuba is remarkable, to me, for Carlson’s ability to show how a Catholic layman lives his faith in a world of conflict with almost no humanitarian aid and is able to support his team’s efforts to help the sick, wounded and dying.... Read more
“…a moving and remarkable story.” One of the smarter things the director Kenneth A. Carlson does in this documentary is to open with a scene of inexplicable horror: a bombing attack on unarmed civilians in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan. The bomber... Read more
The Bottom Line: As inspiring as it gets Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter …Saints don’t always look the way you’d expect. Case in point: Dr. Tom Catena, the subject of Kenneth A. Carlson’s documentary. Serving as the only doctor for nearly one... Read more