Courageous," the much-awaited follow-up to the highly successful Sherwood Pictures' produced film "Fireproof," is set to premiere on September 30, 2011. The film, produced by Stephen Kendrick, tells the story of five fathers who discover the true meaning of fatherhood as they go through life's most difficult challenges. Starring and directed by Alex Kendrick, "Courageous" is distributed by TriStar Pictures and marketed by Provident Films and AFFIRM Films.
Examiner.com's Cheryl Wicker talks to Stephen Kendrick to learn more about the valuable lessons the movie offers and Kendrick's deep faith and dedication in pushing Christian films out into the mainstream.
Cheryl Wicker: Could you give a quick summary of the movie, 'Courageous'?
Stephen Kendrick: 'Courageous' follows the lives of five different fathers and their families, and their discoveries about what fatherhood is about. As they interact with the gangs in the local community, they realize that most of the kids that get involved in gangs don't have their dads involved in their lives at all. Then, through a personal tragedy, one of the fathers comes to realize how important his role as a father is. So he begins to work with the other men in trying to figure out how to be a great dad. There's more action in this movie than anything we've done before. You're going to laugh, cry and be challenged.
Kendrick: We spent about a year praying [about this]. We had a lot of storyline ideas ourselves [and] other people were sending us their story ideas. But after about a year praying, there was just this clear direction. The leadership team believed that God was leading us to focus on fatherhood. If God is leading, then God will provide. So we begin to get storyline ideas that lined up with the subject of fatherhood that we're working on and fitting, and we were thinking, okay this is good. At the same time, as we are studying scriptures and we're on our journey as fathers, we are learning about fatherhood every day.
Read more at http://www.examiner.com/christian-movies-in-national/up-close-and-personal-with-courageous-producer-stephen-kendrick
Thanks for sharing this article. It was a pleasure meeting Stephen Kendrick. And now after seeing "Courageous" on opening night, I have an even greater respect for both the Kendrick brothers and Sherwood Pictures!!!
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