Director: Kristen Irving Producers: Julian Cautherley, Kristen Irving
Description:
As her faith community betrays the Jesus they taught her to love, an evangelical filmmaker reckons with the political identity she built her life on. Born in 1981 just as the Religious Right's culture war crashed into visibility, a then evangelical filmmaker discovers the true origins of the pro-life movement. While disbelief initiates her investigation into a veiled history of white supremacy, betrayal forces a deeply personal examination of her own identity, neither of which can be disentangled from the other. As Roe is overturned and abortion bans become routine, this is a call for reckoning for every American, but especially those within the religious subculture that threatens our very Democracy.
Biography:
Kristin Irving is a Development and Production Executive at the BFI Film Fund. Prior to joining the BFI she worked in development for production company Portobello Pictures on films such as Pawel Pawlikowski's Oscar-winning film IDA. After leaving Portobello she ran the development slate for film development financier Cascade Pictures, and also worked as a freelance script consultant. As the former Director of Social Action and Advocacy at Participant Media, she created social engagement campaigns for documentary and narrative films ranging from Contagion to A Place at the Table. She also Impact Produced for Oscar-nominated filmmakers Lee Hirsch (Bully) and Lucy Walker (The Crash Reel).
Julian Cautherley is an Emmy-award winning British/Chinese film and TV producer. His projects have been nominated for BAFTAS, Independent Spirit Awards, Emmys, Gotham Awards, DGA awards, PGA awards and have been twice shortlisted for the Oscars. His fiction and non-fiction features, series, VR and commercials have participated at Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, SXSW, Tribeca Film Festivals amongst others. Forthcoming productions include Of Night and Light, the story of iboga and ibogaine, directed by two-time Academy Award Nominee Lucy Walker, a deep journey into the world of science, history and emotional stories of healing of the plant medicine Ibogaine. He is a member of the Documentary Producer's Alliance, the Producer's Union, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
