Over the past two weeks, I’ve shared how this film actually got made.

But making it was only half the problem.

The other half is getting it into the world.

After a private screening, Jonathan Pageau and Deacon Seraphim Rohlin came on board as executive producers.

They helped launch a Kickstarter that became five hundred fifty people, mostly giving between twenty and a hundred dollars each.

That’s what took this film on the road, into historic theaters across the country, and all the way to the Kennedy Center.

It proved people are hungry for beauty, for meaning, for sacramental cinema on the big screen.

Here’s how you help take it further.

Purchase the presale on Apple.

That single action makes this film discoverable everywhere. It proves there's an audience.

It moves us into the algorithm-discoverable zone.

It also gets our investors paid back faster, so many of them can reinvest in the next slate of films.

We’ve proven we don’t need Hollywood. But we do need each other.

Join us for the watch party together, on the Feast of the Dormition, at seven p.m. Central.

Press play at the same time, then join us live from Substack afterward, as we give away first editioncollector’s merchandise, including the sold-out Blu-ray.

Comment WATCH for details.

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With the film wrapped, we headed into the editing bay to see what we had.

Jess had endless amounts of SAG paperwork.

I worked with Julian, our oldest son and our main editor, night and day, to put this story together.

I had to kill some of my favorite scenes along the way, in service of the story that was actually unfolding.

You tell the story three times. The one you write. The one you shoot. The one you edit.

You’ll be able to see this edited film this August.

If you were on the watchlist, you already got a special announcement.

If you want to hear it early, comment WATCH.

Big news, August 1st.

Join the watchlist for our upcoming announcement:

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Any film, especially an independent one, isn't made without its share of incidents.

We had fourteen fast days of principal photography. Then we wrapped.

Jess called our consultant producer to tell him.

He asked one question. Without incident?

Jess was surprised right back. Was there supposed to be?

Glory to God, and the prayers of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco, for the protection around this film.

If you’re on our watchlist, you already got something special today.

August 1st, it’s official.

If you’re not on it yet, comment "WATCH” before it’s too late.

Join the watchlist for our upcoming announcement:

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Join the Green Room for early updates, our monthly film club, and a closer role in what we make next:

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