Unlike YouTube’s aggressive Content ID system, ok.ru has historically been more permissive with copyrighted and obscure material. Users have uploaded thousands of forgotten films, TV specials, and direct-to-video relics that exist nowhere else. However, this permissiveness is eroding; many videos uploaded in the late 2010s are now being purged or geo-blocked.
The comments on the ok.ru video tell their own story. One user (translated from Russian) writes: “My grandmother had this on a burned CD. She died in 2010. Thank you for posting this—I can hear her voice telling me to stop skipping to the end.” Another laments: “The last 10 minutes are corrupted on this rip. Does anyone have a better copy?” As of late 2025, the ok.ru upload remains the only known public copy of Gift from Above (2003) . The director, a now-retired pastor named Harold P. Dansk, has no known online presence. The original masters are likely lost. gift from above -2003- ok.ru
If you have a better quality copy of Gift from Above (2003) —or any information about its production—consider uploading it to the Internet Archive. The ok.ru version is decaying. Don’t let this forgotten melodrama vanish forever. Have you seen “Gift from Above” (2003) on ok.ru? Share your memories or a working link (as of your reading date) in the comments below—if the comments section still exists. Unlike YouTube’s aggressive Content ID system, ok