The Fellowship of LEWIS and TOLKIEN

2026-03-05

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were the most powerful literary voices of the 20th century. The story of their unbreakable friendship is told in the five part documentary The Forge of Friendship by Eastgate Creative. We invited two of the filmmakers, Ralph Linhardt, and Kirk Manton, to sit down with Michael Coy, content production manager and associate professor for the Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College. Listen in as they discuss the importance of collaboration, the drawbacks of AI filmmaking, and the amazing...

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were the most powerful literary voices of the 20th century. The story of their unbreakable friendship is told in the five part documentary The Forge of Friendship by Eastgate Creative. We invited two of the filmmakers, Ralph Linhardt, and Kirk Manton, to sit down with Michael Coy, content production manager and associate professor for the Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College. Listen in as they discuss the importance of collaboration, the drawbacks of AI filmmaking, and the amazing friendship of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.

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