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Sherwood Baptist plans to continue making movies.
his three favorite movies were Braveheart, Gladiator
and Flywheel, did a cameo in Facing the Giants —for
free. A professional cinematographer and a crew of
four cameramen were hired to host a movie-making
boot camp for church volunteers and to help with
filming. They were the only paid workers in the
entire production.
Some participants felt the effects of their work
after the filming was completed. Jason McLeod, 21,
says playing the football team captain in Facing the
Giants turned his life around. “God started showing
me that I was basically playing myself in the movie,"
say’s McLeod, who worked at the church as a summer
youth minister before returning to college at Georgia
Southern University. “I realized I was being half-
hearted in certain areas of my life.
God revealed Himself to me in such
a big way that summer.”
After the success of Flywheel, pro
ducers decided that Facing the Giants
needed an official premiere. But the
film’s opening last summer in Albany was designed
to honor the volunteers, not the movie's “stars."
“On our red carpet, the actors lined up outside
the ropes and cheered the church members as they
walked up," Kendrick recalls. “We treated them like
stars, because it would not have happened without
them.”
Filmmaking on faith
After Giants completed its 10-week run in 4-41
theaters across the country, it reached an even larger
audience on DVD. In January, Catt and his wife were
visiting the Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee.
“We went into a Wal-Mart and I saw a display for
Facing the Giants" he says with a smile. “I turned to
my wife and said, ‘Terri, were in Wal-Mart!' It was
so weird to stand in a Wal-Mart and think, 'This is
something from our church.™
Stephen Kendrick attributes the success of Fac
ing tlx Giants to its message. “Everybody needs
hope. Everybody faces giants. Everybody needs to be
encouraged in their spiritual journey,” he says.
Sherwood Baptist’s third movie, Fireproof, is in the
works, with filming scheduled later in the year. The
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Jason McLeod (right), who played the football team’s captain, says working on Giants was a life-changing experience.
film is scheduled for release in 2008.
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Catt says that until God closes the door, Sherwood
Baptist will continue making movies that convey a mes
sage of faith to the world.
“He’s blessed it," Catt says. “We feel He’s called us to
make movies. We are going to try to be faithful to that."^
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want for their next excursion into
filmmaking?
“Two cameras!” Stephen says
immediately.
"Chips and salsa," Alex adds
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