Joseph Doblmeier was a convention manager and the family moved from New York City to Virginia and then to Rhode Island.
The first film created was The Heart Has Its Reasons, a profile of Jean Vanier and his L'Arche communities for men and women with intellectual disabilities.
Released into theaters and airing nationally on Public Broadcasting System, The Los Angeles Times wrote: "a heroic odyssey that is illuminated with admirable clarity in Martin Doblmeier's outstanding documentary”.
[3] The New York Times wrote: “Martin Doblmeier has assembled a touching narrative on the nature of faith.”[4] The Power of Forgiveness (2007) is a film consisting of dramatic short stories profiling the Amish, Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel, Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh and others.
A companion book, written by former New York Times religion writer Kenneth Briggs was released with the film.
A two-hour long documentary film by Doblmeier, Chaplains showed individuals from Christian, Catholic, Buddhist, Muslim, and Jewish faith traditions serving in the military, prisons, police departments and other secular professions.
Featured in the film are President Jimmy Carter, author David Brooks (commentator), civil rights leader Andrew Young, theologian Stanley Hauerwas and others.
The film was released on American Public Television for Jewish American Heritage Month and covered various aspects of Heschel's life including his connection to Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Movement and role representing Jewish interests during the Roman Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council.