We had a fabulous sold out screening at the Screenland theater in Kansas City. Zack Exley and his wife Elisabeth joined us for the event. Zack and I got to answer questions from the audience for nearly an hour! There were so many honest comments and questions from the more than 150 people who attended. I'm so lucky to have met athiests and gay christians after the screening who felt completely comfortable in the conversation. One athiest woman thanked me for making the film, telling me she felt "disarmed" of the hate she had against all Christians--realizing there's something wonderfully peculiar happening in this movement. As a "recovering Catholic", I totally agree.
Super special thanks to Nick who took tickets for us, invited tons of his friends and made the event a fantastic success.
Hi everyone!
Had a great time with the folks in Orlando at the Premiere Cinemas 14 theater. I met tons of fabulous folks who've shared such amazing stories. A million thanks to Alan, Tony, and Nelson for bringing the movie here. By the way, this screening makes us officially eligible for an Academy Award nomination. Crazy. Here are some photos of the location and of the event.
Wow, what an amazing time. Nearly 300 people packed the theater of the Bryn Mawr Film Institute for the first public screening of The Ordinary Radicals. It was unbelievable. We had a fabulous reception designed by Shannon Oberg and Jake Miller of Gather Events; wonderful screening in a beautiful theater (thanks to Dave Mattson and Alice Bullitt).
It was great to see so many faces from the movie in the audience: Brooke Sexton, Tony Campolo, Leroy Barber, Becky Garrison, Terry Foester, Rene Colson Hudson and more).
And then we followed it up with an after party into the wee hours at the New Orleans restaurant next door. I'm getting tons of great notes from folks (and if you've seen the film, email: feedback@theordinaryradicals.com to let us know what you think).
So very very many thanks to everyone that helped to make this documentary happen. Now let's go on a 20 city tour with this movie!!! ~jamie
Here's the Lubbock, TX local Fox station's coverage of the J4P event there:
Had a great time shooting B-Roll and in the Mojave Desert on Monday before bedding down in the petrified forest of Arizona. As it goes, we were delighted to be met with the Jesus For President bus, where we set up camp, had dinner together and were treated to a rainbow and beautiful desert sunset. Here's some photos & footage for ya.
Hi all! Thanks for reading these updates as we move along the production journey of The Ordinary Radicals. I wanted to leave a little note here about how we're funding the movie.
When my close friend and community partner Shane Claiborne told me there was a book tour planned for Jesus For President this summer, I quickly saw a great opportunity to meet up with thousands of people living in the United States who use faith as their fuel to propel them to live extraordinary lives.
This movie isn't funded by any big organization & I'm not an independently wealthy person (I helped found The Simple Way for goodness sake!). The DVD's & merchandise we're offering literally pays for the gas, tolls & food to make this movie a reality. The new-tech term is called "Crowdsourcing" --having a lot of people help to make something happen.
The total budget of the movie is far from free (it's screening in movie theaters, so it kinda has to be). We need to raise about $60,00.00 in order to be able to complete the movie (I'm not taking a salary and none of the equipment rented will even get paid for until mid next year!). The rest of the cost of the movie will trickle in over time. It's not ideal, but I wanted to make sure that no single person or company other than myself had any more than a 12% stake in the project. The reasoning for this is so anyone opposed to the movie (and trust me there are! Crazy huh?) can't say that this is a singularly funded propaganda piece.
I truly want to make a movie that from my non-Christian perspective shares the wonderful stories, sacrifices and traditions of this peculiar people of faith. By raising funds communally, I hope we all will have a movie to be proud of. If you can help support, great. If not, no worries--just know we're doing this humbly and with nothing but the best of intentions.
Warmly,
~jamie moffett
