(Christianity Today) Katherine Richards—Frank Capra’s Miracle Woman

Posted by Kendall Harmon

It's that time of year when we start watching favorite Christmas movies, and for many, the list begins with Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. When we think of Capra's films, it's easy to break into a smile, for he was "the great constructor of happy endings," as biographer Vito Zaggiro has written.

But Zaggiro doesn't stop there. In the very same sentence—in his article titled "It's (Not) A Wonderful Life: For a Counter-Reading of Frank Capra," Zaggiro notes that the director's films also often "represented enormous social contradictions and conflict that clash with the surface message of his films...."

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