Words From the Filmmakers of...Seeing Red

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A Day in the Life of an Indy Filmmaker...On a Mission

My life is now, burning DVD's, recutting trailers, and tuning up webclips... All because God told me to find a couple of Jews and a Hindu and make a movie about religion and politics.

I'm a fat, middle-aged white guy living out his ultimate fantasy. I get to talk about God and politics all I want, in between having at least 2 jobs, 2 kids, and a very patient spouse who if she hears me say ("the problem with the DLC is that they...") one more time, just might leave.

I know from experience that once you get drilled down into this nexus land of religio-politics it just keeps sucking you in. Unlike other topics political, which hit some cynical dead end roadblock, at some point (right???), this one keeps begging questions, and begging answers...

Like, are there many liberal born-again Christians? (like me?) Is the idea of Jesus as a political progressive icon/leader ever going to get past the intellectual discussions of the past 100 years and bust out big time? Does the religious right have good intentions, at least by my way of thinking?

As to the last, the character talking judiciary politics in our web trailer, Rick Scarborough might seem to be the last person a guy with my religio-politics might admire. Here's the scoop-Rick is a fantastic person. My brother who lives a few hours from the Vision America (Rick's ministry) offices in Nacogdoches, TX offered to hook me up with armed protection when I went to interview Rick. He was that afraid, based on the Vision America website...

Mr. Scarborough turns out to be utterly charming, genuine, committed, and the least phony person possible. We may disagree as to some politics, but agree totally that Christ is the center of our lives, and that the country is in trouble. Starts to get tricky after that though... Check Rick out at www.visionamerica.us.

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