a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court ruling on freedom of religion. Joseph Kempler Born a Jew, he converted to the Jehovah's Witness faith after observing their integrity alongside Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. After converting, Kempler remained distant from his daughter who had been raised by Jewish relatives. To draw his family closer together, Kempler took them on a trip to Europe to see his home country and visit the Melk and Auschwitz concentration camps. Seth Thomas A 23-year-old Witness who, despite the risk and opposition from non-Witness relatives, refused blood transfusions with his liver transplant operation. While initially refused treatment by the Baylor University Medical Center of Texas, surgeons with the University of Southern California University Hospital in Los Angeles agreed to perform the operation, believing that research in bloodless surgery is necessary and should be explored. Film Festival awards Best Documentary, Jury Award, 2006 USA Film Festival (Dallas) Best Documentary, Jury Award, 2006 Trenton Film Festival (New Jersey) Best Documentary, Audience Award, 2006 Indianapolis International Film Festival Best First Film, 2006 Long Island International Film Expo See also Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs List of Holocaust films References External links Official site Knocking site for Independent Lens on PBS Knocking Study Guide PDF Documentary films about religion American documentary films Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses 2006 films 2000s American films