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    The Pulpit
    ABOUT THE PROJECT

    LOGLINE
    When a progressive, midwestern pastor’s life is threatened by extremists, she must fight to reclaim her pulpit as a skeptical FBI Agent races to uncover the terrorists before an attack.

    SYNOPSIS
    THE PULPIT is a feature-length suspense drama about the biggest ideological threat to modern society.

    Meet the protagonist. Sarah Williams is a progressive, midwestern pastor and an outspoken activist who finds her purpose at the pulpit despite a politically divided church.

    After a rousing sermon about inclusion, Sarah receives a mysterious death threat in the mail which targets both her life and her congregation. She pleads for the FBI’s help as she struggles with the trauma and guilt.

    Enter FBI Agent Ethan Thomas, a distrusting religious-skeptic, who begins as Pastor Sarah’s opponent—and ultimately becomes her fierce advocate.

    When Sarah and Thomas finally unite to uncover their common enemy, they discover the threat is larger than either imagined.

    Sadly, the story is based on a real person.

    THE PULPIT is about small town politics and the challenges faced by a progressive faith leader. The film also highlights the hypocrisy of some of our most treasured and storied institutions: law enforcement and the Church. But most of all, it celebrates the selfless advocates who work within these same institutions. They’re heroes.

    By illustrating an unlikely partnership between minister and federal agent, THE PULPIT illuminates how our institutions both serve and betray us. And in doing so, promotes a vital need for empathy in ourselves and advocacy for one another.

    PROJECT TYPE Narrative Feature

    DIRECTOR Tosin Morohunfola
    SCREENWRITER Tosin Morohunfola
    PRODUCER Tosin Morohunfola, Christopher Commons
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Kevin Willmott
    ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Christian Watkins
    line producer Mary Kay Cook

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