‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ Set for Labor Day Opening in Theaters and on Peacock
variety.comAngelique Jackson Let the church say “amen.” “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul” will open for film worshippers on Labor Day weekend.Focus Features, Peacock, and Monkeypaw Productions announced that the movie, from Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions, will be released in theaters and begin streaming on Peacock on Friday, Sept.
2.Writer-director Adamma Ebo and producer Adanne Ebo, the filmmaking sibling duo known as the Ebo twins, made their feature film debut with the project starring Regina Hall and Sterling K.
Brown.Adapted from their 2018 short film of the same name, “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” follows pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Brown) and his first lady Trinitie (Hall) as they aim to rebuild their congregation after a scandal effectively closes their Southern Baptist megachurch in Atlanta, which once welcomed nearly 26,000 worshippers.
The couple hire a documentary crew to chronicle their comeback, but the road to redemption — especially in the competitive business of corporatized and commodified Christianity — doesn’t prove easy.
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