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Emma Smith: My Story
Director: Gary Cook
Director: T. C. Christensen
- T. C. Christensen: Director, Cinematographer
- Gary Cook: Director, Writer, Producer
- Wynn Hougaard: Film Editor
- Merrill Jenson: Composer
- Ron Munns: Producer
7th Annual LDS Film Festival 2008
Emma Smith: My Story focuses on the life and experiences of Emma Hale Smith. The film begins near the end of Emma's life. Her adopted daughter, Julia Murdock Smith, returns home to Emma and shares several hardships she has been through. Emma relates to Julia some of her own life's experiences to put things in perspective and illustrate the importance of maintaining faith amid such difficulties. Various turning points in Emma's life are revealed as she reflects on experiences ranging from her childhood with a father that was very strict and not fond of religion, to her courtship and marriage to Joseph Smith, and the challenges she faced in being the wife of the Prophet. The film also includes brief insights into her life and character after the Martyrdom of Joseph until her own death in Nauvoo in 1879.
Production Designer: Gary Sivertsen;
Costume Designer: Shari Ohman;
Casting Director: Alisa Anglesey;
DVDMM 383
2007