Write On with 'Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.' Filmmakers Adamma and Adanne Ebo

Based on writer-director Adamma Ebo's 2018 short film of the same
name, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. follows Trinitie
Childs (Regina Hall), the first lady of a prominent Southern
Baptist Mega Church, as she attempts to help her pastor-husband,
Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown), rebuild their congregation
after a scandal. Adamma shares how a visit from writer-director
Damien Chazelle and editor Tom Cross during her time at UCLA
influenced her decision to film a short as a proof of concept for
the feature: "...they talked about how they made Whiplash as a
short as a proof of concept, because in actuality, the movie is a
thriller about jazz musicians, and you're like, 'What does that
mean?' It's easier to show than tell... I knew it was going to be
a pretty tough elevator pitch, and so I was like, 'I need to make
something to show for it.'"


Adamma's sister, Adanne Ebo, serves as a producer on the film;
when asked what advice she would give to aspiring writers from a
producer's perspective, she said, "Read as many scripts as you
can. I didn't go to film school… I learned how to write just by
working with Adamma... even if you don't go to school for it,
even if you don't go about it the institutional type of way,
reading scripts will always make you a better writer."


Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. is now playing in theaters
and on Peacock.


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