Bringing Women of the Bible to Television With Filmmaker René Echevarria

About this episode

Father Dave discusses the new television series 'The Faithful: Women of the Bible' with filmmaker René Echevarria.

Father Dave welcomes veteran filmmaker and Catholic René Echevarria to discuss his latest project called " The Faithful: Women of the Bible ." René is a television writer and producer best known for his work on "Star Trek," "Castle," "Dark Angel," and more. "The Faithful" is a three-part series on Fox that centers on five well-known matriarchs of the Old Testament.

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Dave Dwyer

Guest: René Echevarria

Topics covered

• women of the Bible
• filmmaking
• Catholicism
• television series
• Old Testament

Keywords

• women of the Bible
• René Echevarria
• The Faithful
• television
• Old Testament
• Catholic filmmaker
• Star Trek

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Faithful: Women of the Bible, Star Trek, Castle, Dark Angel

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