Dallas Jenkins

So it's all over the place, but within about half a mile of each other.

It was birthed from failure. So for... Coming up on 20 years leading up to 2017, I've been a filmmaker for that long. I've made several films with varying degrees of success, but all independent, outside of the studio system. When you hear the term indie film or independent film, it means not financed by the studios.

It was birthed from failure. So for... Coming up on 20 years leading up to 2017, I've been a filmmaker for that long. I've made several films with varying degrees of success, but all independent, outside of the studio system. When you hear the term indie film or independent film, it means not financed by the studios.

It was birthed from failure. So for... Coming up on 20 years leading up to 2017, I've been a filmmaker for that long. I've made several films with varying degrees of success, but all independent, outside of the studio system. When you hear the term indie film or independent film, it means not financed by the studios.

I've had varying degrees of success, but I was very eager to make a film that was either financed or affirmed or endorsed by Hollywood, and I finally got a chance to do that in 2016. It released in 2017.

I've had varying degrees of success, but I was very eager to make a film that was either financed or affirmed or endorsed by Hollywood, and I finally got a chance to do that in 2016. It released in 2017.

I've had varying degrees of success, but I was very eager to make a film that was either financed or affirmed or endorsed by Hollywood, and I finally got a chance to do that in 2016. It released in 2017.

So January 20th, 2017, turned out to be the lowest moment of my life or at least my career because the film that I had gotten a chance to make released in theaters around the country with several big Hollywood studios attached and working on it, and it completely failed. And that was which film? It was called The Resurrection of Gavin Stone.

So January 20th, 2017, turned out to be the lowest moment of my life or at least my career because the film that I had gotten a chance to make released in theaters around the country with several big Hollywood studios attached and working on it, and it completely failed. And that was which film? It was called The Resurrection of Gavin Stone.

So January 20th, 2017, turned out to be the lowest moment of my life or at least my career because the film that I had gotten a chance to make released in theaters around the country with several big Hollywood studios attached and working on it, and it completely failed. And that was which film? It was called The Resurrection of Gavin Stone.

And the fact that you haven't heard of it is part of the reason why it didn't do very well. So what happens is on a Friday afternoon, a math equation takes place. The numbers come in from the East Coast, and you can then decipher how a movie is going to do that day, how it's going to do that weekend, and most often how it's going to do for the life of it.

And the fact that you haven't heard of it is part of the reason why it didn't do very well. So what happens is on a Friday afternoon, a math equation takes place. The numbers come in from the East Coast, and you can then decipher how a movie is going to do that day, how it's going to do that weekend, and most often how it's going to do for the life of it.

And the fact that you haven't heard of it is part of the reason why it didn't do very well. So what happens is on a Friday afternoon, a math equation takes place. The numbers come in from the East Coast, and you can then decipher how a movie is going to do that day, how it's going to do that weekend, and most often how it's going to do for the life of it.

And within a couple hours, I went from being a filmmaker who had a very bright future to a filmmaker with no future because the movie bombed. The other stories that we were hoping to tell with these companies, the companies said, no, never mind. Apparently, clearly we don't understand this audience, this approach, the kind of faith-based filmmaking.

And within a couple hours, I went from being a filmmaker who had a very bright future to a filmmaker with no future because the movie bombed. The other stories that we were hoping to tell with these companies, the companies said, no, never mind. Apparently, clearly we don't understand this audience, this approach, the kind of faith-based filmmaking.

And within a couple hours, I went from being a filmmaker who had a very bright future to a filmmaker with no future because the movie bombed. The other stories that we were hoping to tell with these companies, the companies said, no, never mind. Apparently, clearly we don't understand this audience, this approach, the kind of faith-based filmmaking.

And so out of that, I was home alone with my wife, Amanda. And we were crying and praying and confused because You hear all the time, God's not the author of failure. And so when you fail, you must assume that the calling that you thought you'd received to do this work must not have been a true calling.

And so out of that, I was home alone with my wife, Amanda. And we were crying and praying and confused because You hear all the time, God's not the author of failure. And so when you fail, you must assume that the calling that you thought you'd received to do this work must not have been a true calling.

And so out of that, I was home alone with my wife, Amanda. And we were crying and praying and confused because You hear all the time, God's not the author of failure. And so when you fail, you must assume that the calling that you thought you'd received to do this work must not have been a true calling.

You know, any time we feel called to something, it's hard to decipher sometimes whether it's a calling from God— Or a temptation. Or a temptation, or just a desire, a fleshly desire. And sometimes it's a fleshly desire, and it's okay. It's not, you know— When we choose what we're going to eat for dinner tonight, I don't wait for God to reveal it to me.