A pro-life movie, largely produced by over 40 homeschooled students, is being praised for presenting solid legal arguments against the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision while captivating audiences with an engaging storyline that is both entertaining and thought-provoking.
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(Photo: Advent Film Group)"Come What May" follows the story of Caleb, a recent transfer to Patrick Henry College who teams up with fellow student Rachel to lead the college to the National Moot Court Championship. Along the way, Caleb is caught in a moral tug-of-war between his parents – a newly Christian father and a feminist Supreme Court attorney mother.
“Audience survey card responses were tremendous,” reported Valley Family Forum Director Dean Welty after one of several sold-out preview screenings for the full-length feature “Come What May” in Harrisonburg, Va., and Grants Pass, Ore.
“Moviegoers were excited or agitated on both sides because the movie shows in dramatic fashion just how flimsy the legal footing stands for Roe,” he added, according to Patrick Henry College’s Office of Communications.
Produced with local cast and crewmembers, as well as approximately 40 homeschooled students from across the country, “Come What May” is the maiden project of Advent Film Group (AFG), a faith-based film production and distribution corporation founded by filmmaker George Escobar.
The micro-budget movie was produced by AFG in association with Patrick Henry College (PHC), a true-to-life powerhouse in collegiate debate and moot court competition that serves as the movie’s backdrop. Founded eight years ago, with a current student enrollment of 320 students, PHC has twice won the Moot Court National Championship, has beaten Oxford twice, and yearly produces championship-caliber legal debate teams.
“I’ve noticed that the audiences have been particularly impressed that a college like Patrick Henry exists, and is undertaking this grand initiative with homeschoolers,” noted Escobar, a former AOL and Discovery executive, according to PHC Communications. “They’ve never seen anything like this (movie) before, and they view the College’s participation as a very courageous and faithful act.”
“Come What May” follows the story of Caleb, a recent transfer to Patrick Henry College who teams up with fellow student Rachel to lead the college to the National Moot Court Championship. Along the way, Caleb is caught in a moral tug-of-war between his parents – a newly Christian father and a feminist Supreme Court attorney mother. As the PHC moot court team and the U.S. Supreme Court simultaneously grapple with legal cases involving abortion, Caleb clashes with his mother – who is arguing for Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court – and his own conscience. Caleb must decide whether to vigorously defend an abortion parental rights case from a distinctly Christian perspective or do what might win a national championship.
"What's remarkable is that Come What May, a 2008 Redemptive Storyteller Award winner, was largely produced by over 40 homeschooled students mentored by only a handful of professionals," according to Mac Nichols, a tax attorney who plays one of the movie's U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
Furthermore, the movie’s legal argument is solid, claims Escobar. PHC founder and chancellor Dr. Michael Farris, who wrote the film's legal framework, is a constitutional attorney who has successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
After nearly sold-out preview screenings for the movie, Valley Family Forum director and “Come What May” promoter Welty said he believes that the powerful new pro-life movie could impact the November elections. Continue >>
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stanjz,
You are partially correct. The truth is, it cmoes down to love.
Luke 10:27
He answered: " "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind" ; and, "Love your neighbor as yourself." "
If you love yourself more than God, it is very likely that abortion is acceptable. Yet, abortion is hating the closest neighbor a woman can have - a child in her own body. There are people who get abortions do it more than once, unfortunately. It is a form of birth control for some. This is nothing but a lack of love.
If you hate someone, but come to find Christ, HE will change your heart. If you abort someone, that person can never have the opportunity to improve this world, or come to know Christ in this world.
Many evangelicals are in fact chopping the Bible and creating their own Bible by focusing on only two issues. The primary message in the New Testament is salvation through faith in Christ demonstrated through love. So, while I agree abortion is offensive to the Lord and much more needs to be done, it will all come down to love vs hate. You can make the mistake of abortion once in life and repent and live a Christian life. On the other hand, you can never get an abortion, but be a hateful and judgmental person your whole life.
Abortion is a trajedy. Here is an article about Obama's strong abortion stand:
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/742238255.html
*** To the 80% of Americans who say they are Christians:
FACTS:
McCain - Palin are for traditional marriage and love all children. Let me give reasons against Obama
being a Christian based on John 14:21:
- Obama says there are many ways to God - Jesus says there is only One - Himself (John 14:6)
- Obama does not respect people - Obama is against infant protection, which means Obama argued to kill
a baby born alive. Obama wants partial birth abortion legal. This is inhuman!
- Obama mocks the Apostle Paul and calls Romans 1 an obscure passage in the Bible. Why? It goes against
Obama's homosexual agenda. I will stick with Paul and Christ.
Obama can not be a Christian. Barrack denies the sacrifice of Jesus as the only way to God, is immoral
and discredits the Apostles.
*** Christians please pray and vote for McCain - Palin ***
Sounds great! Can't wait to see it!!