News + Project Updates

Documentary: The Gospel of Healing

Posted at Mar 04, 2012 | In Recent Articles | No comments

emPower Magazine Wednesday, February 8, 2012 With the motto: “Sometimes, you have to save a life in order to save a soul,” the documentary The Gospel of Healing chronicles the church’s response to HIV/AIDS. The Gospel of Healing explores how, in our present age of expansive, suburban black mega-churches with multi-million dollar facades and annual

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Let’s Support ‘The Gospel of Healing: Black Churches Respond to HIV/AIDS’ Kickstarter Project

Posted at Mar 04, 2012 | In Recent Articles | No comments

Faith In Action: Religion, Policy, Activism Published Date: February 27, 2012 By Rev. Heber Brown, III  In a day when Black Churches and Black Clergy are being barraged with criticism left and right, I was encouraged to see this documentary which highlights many of the awe-inspiring work that many churches are doing as it relates

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Thank You, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Posted at Feb 09, 2012 | In Director's Commentary, Project Updates | No comments
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 On Monday, February 6th  the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation co-hosted our first private screening of the TGOH.  We previewed a 1hour ‘Work-In-Progress” version of the the film for an audience of nearly 60 persons, at the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington, DC.  The feedback so far has been outstanding. We truly

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Ellis Prince Is Not Black

Posted at Dec 06, 2011 | In Director's Commentary | 2 Comments
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Ellis Prince is not Black. The congregation at The Gallery Church of Baltimore where he serves as Pastor is not predominately African-American. He doesn’t shout when he preaches–his teaching style is convincingly, conversational. And even though he is a young pastor, who seems more far comfortable in jeans and un-tucked polo shirt than a suit

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A New Site, A New Vision of Completion

Posted at Dec 01, 2011 | In Director's Commentary, Project Updates | 3 Comments

It’s all about reaching the finish line at this point. Whatever that means and whatever that brings… When I began the process of making this film five years ago, I had envisioned a much smaller, shorter film. Perhaps it would have been better if I had stuck to that plan.  Now we are looking at a 1hour

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