Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul director Adamma Ebo, producer Adanne Ebo, and cinematographer Alan Gwizdowski

Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul is a satirical dark comedy and
mockumentary about Trinitie Childs, (Regina Hall) the “First Lady”
of a Southern Baptist mega church and Lee-Curtis Childs, (Sterling
K. Brown) her pastor husband. The pastor is accused of sexual
misconduct and the two are struggling to relaunch their megachurch
in the face of the controversy. As part of their public relations
campaign, Trinitie and Lee-Curtis consent to a documentary crew
following them. Adamma was the writer and director of the film, and
her twin Adanne was one of the producers of the film. The sisters
have been partners their entire life, and enjoy working together.
They grew up southern Baptist in Georgia, immersed in the
megachurch culture. Both Adamma and Adanne felt that any
evangelical megachurch's messaging seemed insincere and
un-Christian to get rich off of their congregants' donations. With
that background, Adamma decided to write a satire about a black
southern megachurch- a fresh subject that she'd never seen on
screen before. Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul started out as a
short film that Adamma was able to develop into a feature.
Cinematographer Alan Gwizdowski (nicknamed Gwiz) took over the
production when fellow DP Adam Bricker had a scheduling conflict.
Adamma wanted the film to look and feel very much like a real
documentary, mixed with a more cinematic, narrative film look. Gwiz
knew they needed the two different worlds to be separated- the part
of the documentary that the Childs want the “filmmakers” to see,
vs. what the documentary filmmakers are able to capture behind the
curtain. They decided to keep the more illicit documentary scenes
handheld and the official documentary scenes had a more cinematic
look. Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul is in theaters and also
streaming on Peacock. Find Adamma Ebo:
https://www.ejimeproductions.com/about Instagram: @adamma.ebo Find
Adanne Ebo: https://www.ejimeproductions.com/about Instagram:
@adanne.ebo Find Alan Gwizdowski: http://www.gwizphoto.com/
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