Hero is a Christian film

Christian film

The Christian film industry is an umbrella term for films containing a Christian -themed message or moral, produced by openly Christian filmmakers to a Christian audience....

 by Advent Film Group

Advent Film Group

Advent Film Group is an independent Christian film production and distribution company founded in 2007 by George Escobar. The company trains young Christians to be filmmakers, and it created the 2009 drama film, Come What May, with talent like Kenneth Jezek and his wife Karen Kelly...

 and Brightline Pictures. The story is written and directed by Manny Edwards, who co-produced and co-directed Come What May

Come What May (film)

Come What May is an American direct-to-video drama film released on March 17, 2009 by Advent Film Group. The filmmakers intentionally released it on DVD and not to theaters. George Escobar said, "Going straight to DVD will allow church groups to become the distributor." The film tells the story of...

with George Escobar. Production expectedly began in early September 2009, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...

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Plot

One man’s broken relationship with his son fills him with the desire to give the young boys in his town hope and confidence. He seeks to accomplish this by forming a baseball team to involve both fathers and sons in it. Without knowing it, his actions will also bless and bring a new meaning in life to the father of one of the boys, a man serving a life sentence in the local penitentiary. The townspeople are powerfully changed as fathers reunite with their sons and realize their own ability to be one good man.

Cast

• Burgess Jenkins as Joe Finn
• Mark Joy as Fred
• Gregory Alan Williams
  Gregory Alan Williams
  Gregory Alan Williams is an American actor and author. Williams is best known for portraying Garner Ellerbee in the syndicated series Baywatch.-Early life and acting career:...
  
   as Kent Redding
• Justin Miles as David Finn
• R. Keith Harris as Winston Heller
• Blaine Goodwin as Mark Redding
• Kenny Hinkle as Johnny "Juice" Jones

External links

• Hero at Advent Film Group
  Advent Film Group
  Advent Film Group is an independent Christian film production and distribution company founded in 2007 by George Escobar. The company trains young Christians to be filmmakers, and it created the 2009 drama film, Come What May, with talent like Kenneth Jezek and his wife Karen Kelly...