#Woodlawn plaaying close movie

Sean Astin plays Hank, a sports chaplain who inspires the Woodlawn High School football team to success on and off the field Photo Courtesy of Pure Flix Entertainment. SCH: What was it like directing an actor to portray your own father? Fellowship of Christian Athletes held several pre-screening’s for us and we have many reports of where half of the room stands up at the end of the film to accept Christ. Recently, I was in Dallas and we screened the film for several hundred kids at Prestonwood and hundreds of high school kids rushed the stage after the film to make a decision for Christ. Who could have known that? It was amazing to see the timing of all this. Scenes that we were shooting were playing themselves out on television. None of us could have foreknown that Ferguson would be happening when we were shooting the movie. Last summer, Pastor Michael Catt of Sherwood Baptist church said we needed to go make the film. The Woodlawn High School football team, led by Defensive Coordinator Jerry Stearsn (Kevin Sizemore), top left, and Head Coach Tandy Geralds (Nic Bishop), pause to pray before an important game Photo Courtesy of Pure Flix Entertainment. It was this special story, growing up, that we always knew and one that, as we became filmmakers, we always hoped we could tell. I was just this little kid looking at all these Titan football players, in awe. I remember being at the University of Alabama with my dad as he shared with their FCA. It’s incredible to have this family connection. My dad was the chaplain of the Woodlawn football team in 1973, so Sean Astin’s character is based on him.

It happened in Birmingham, Alabama, the city where I was born and raised, and where I still live. My connection to the story is very deep and very personal. JE: It’s one of those stories that if it didn’t really happen you wouldn’t believe it. How did you come to know about this story? SCH Editor at Large, Suzanne Niles reports. Sonoma Christian Home had the privilege of learning the inside story from Director Jon Erwin. Burnett claims: “Jon and Andy Erwin have made a special film, one that will not only entertain and inspire audiences, but which could very well spark another great spiritual awakening.”

#Woodlawn plaaying close movie

The movie caught the attention of two of Hollywood’s biggest names, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, who signed on as executive producers. This incredible moment of reconciliation went on to inspire a whole city, and now can inspire a whole new generation through the film Woodlawn, opening in theaters this week. “Woodlawn” captures realistic scenes of racial hatred in the 1970’s in Birmingham, Alabama Photo Courtesy of Pure Flix Entertainment. He told about a period in history, 1973, in their own hometown when there was a destructive amount of racial tension and unrest – but a miracle in the midst of it all.

Woodlawn, is a film that grew out of a true story the Erwin brothers’ dad, Hank Erwin recounted to them many a night at bedtime. This exhilarating high school football drama stars Academy Award winner Jon Voight, Sean Astin. The Erwin’s latest work, Woodlawn, is the inspirational story about how love and unity, fueled by a spiritual awakening, overcame hate and violence in early 1970s Birmingham, Ala. In 2014, the Erwin Brothers collaborated with actress Patricia Heaton to produce the family comedy Mom’s Night Out. God opened the door for them to live their dreams in 2011 when they debuted their first major feature film October Baby, a beautiful coming-of-age story about a college freshman, who discovers the power of forgiveness after realizing the heart-breaking circumstances surrounding her birth. Filmmakers Jon and Andy Erwin grew up in Birmingham, Alabama with a dream to create movies one day.