More feminist than ‘Barbie’: Utah studio’s timely film tells about a saint who fought 19th-century racism and sexism
Cabrini was born in 1850 in a small town in northern Italy. She wanted to join a missionary order and travel the world, but a chronic heart condition kept her from it. SoShe repeatedly pushed Vatican officials, including Pope Leo XIII, to send her to China. Instead, Leo directed the nun to New York City, a metropolis teeming with poverty, chaos, disease and hostility to Italian immigrants.
Unsurprisingly, Catholic viewers have been moved and energized by Cabrini’s life and work, Wolfington says, but so are many others. It “will inspire them, just as the 1943 film inspired my father,” Young says. “It is a beautiful film.” Hitting thousands of big screens on March 8, “Cabrini” earned more than $7.6 million during its theatrical opening. Lucás Ávila and Jim Caviezel in “Sound of Freedom.”
Pope Francis, Russell Nelson share a hug, discuss global relief in first-ever meeting between a Latter-day Saint prophet and a Catholic pontiff