Changing the film industry

I found an interesting article about George Escobar and what he is doing to change the film industry by training up a new generation of Christian filmmakers. His upcoming movie, Come What May is premiering at Patrick Henry College on September 6th.

Movie with a Message
by Chris Graham

It’s not just slasher movies and "American Pie." I think conservatives have a point that the movies that we see playing at the multiplex every weekend are pushing the envelope quite a bit. Even supposedly family-friendly movies feature language and situations that I don’t know that I feel comfortable exposing to kids, inured as they might be given what they can access on the cable or satellite at home.

Which is why I admire George Escobar for what he’s trying to do. Because every time I hear from a conservative friend about “the liberal media” or what they perceive as the heathenistic Hollywood, my response is something along the lines of, Pick up your mat, dust it off, and dedicate yourself to doing something about it.

“There are legions of Christians in the film industry and television industry, but we’re just not breaking into the ranks of the big-budget movies that Hollywood can entrust us with. And the only folks to blame there are us Christians. What is it that we’re doing that is not allowing us to get there?” said Escobar, the principal in the startup Advent Film Group based in Purcellville that produced a stirring first feature film, “Come What May,” which follows the story of a young Patrick Henry College student debater and his lawyer mother as each prepares for their own cases involving parental-notification laws.

Read the rest of the article here.