{"id":489862,"date":"2022-09-02T23:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ebo-sisters-bring-a-gut-check-to-honk-for-jesus-save-your-soul\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T23:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T20:00:50","slug":"ebo-sisters-bring-a-gut-check-to-honk-for-jesus-save-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ebo-sisters-bring-a-gut-check-to-honk-for-jesus-save-your-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ebo Sisters Bring a Gut-Check to Honk for Jesus Save Your Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f585d8a050\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f585d8a050\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ebo-sisters-bring-a-gut-check-to-honk-for-jesus-save-your-soul\/#%E2%80%9CEbo_Sisters_Bring_a_Gut-Check_to_Honk_for_Jesus_Save_Your_Soul%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ebo Sisters Bring a Gut-Check to Honk for Jesus Save Your Soul&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEbo_Sisters_Bring_a_Gut-Check_to_Honk_for_Jesus_Save_Your_Soul%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ebo Sisters Bring a Gut-Check to Honk for Jesus Save Your Soul&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;We chat with the filmmaking duo about their new film and how they relied on their sibling bond to get it done.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Honk-for-Jesus-Save-Your-Soul.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Honk For Jesus Save Your Soul\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Honk-for-Jesus-Save-Your-Soul.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Honk-for-Jesus-Save-Your-Soul-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Ejime Productions&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on September 2nd, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Check the Gate is a recurring column where we go one-on-one with directors to uncover the reasoning behind their creative decisions. Why that subject? Why that shot? In this edition, we chat with the Ebo Sisters, Adamma Ebo and Adanne Ebo, about their collaborative process when bringing Honk for Jesus Save Your Soul to the screen.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> are missions. A filmmaker (or a few filmmakers) witnesses a wrong in the world, and they address it through action. It takes years to understand the injustice, to experience it from every side, and condense those initial emotions into an idea. Then, it takes a few more years to work out the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> and run it through different iterations.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Honk for Jesus<\/strong><\/em>. <em><strong>Save Your Soul<\/strong><\/em>. is not a mockumentary. The sister filmmaking combo <strong>Adamma Ebo<\/strong> and <strong>Adanne Ebo<\/strong> prefer the term faux documentary. Although, that label is not entirely correct either, as the faux documentary is frequently interrupted with scenes from behind the camera, where the performances of its characters drop, and the realness takes over.<\/p>\n<p>The film stars <strong>Sterling K<\/strong>. <strong>Brown<\/strong> as Lee-Curtis Childs, a pastor who has recently lost his flock after a sexual harassment scandal. <strong>Regina Hall<\/strong> is his wife, Trinitie Childs, desperately trying to kickstart a new phase for their church by inviting a camera crew into their lives. Both are ducks on the water, their tiny little feet scrambling furiously to keep their wealth afloat.<\/p>\n<p>Adamma Ebo is credited as the writer\/director and Adanne Ebo as the producer. However, they see themselves as a total collaborative unit, with the film springing directly from their experiences growing up in Atlanta as Southern Baptists. <em>Honk for Jesus<\/em>. <em>Save Your Souls<\/em> is their attempt to reckon with their history without falling into\u00a0caricature and inauthenticity. The antagonists in this story are merely ones who allow wickedness to form within.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say that it\u2019s not that there are no villains,\u201d says Adanne, \u201cit\u2019s just that sometimes you yourself are your own villain. That can be a tough thing to contend with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is another possible version of <em>Honk for Jesus<\/em>.<em> Save Your Soul<\/em>. It\u2019s a film that could have been utterly ruthless toward Lee-Curtis Childs. The Ebo Sisters preferred to recognize his humanity instead, to absorb and contemplate the decisions a distressed and seemingly trapped individual made, rather than roasting a bad guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all,\u201d adds Adamma, \u201cthat\u2019s less interesting. There are very few mustache-twirling villains in this world, except for a select few serial killers. I think people are complex. A lot of people have good and evil in them. Sometimes it\u2019s more or less of one. It\u2019s not like [our film] is a condemnation or a judgment; it\u2019s just an examination. It\u2019s holding up a mirror, and when you hold up the mirror, you see worth, and you see beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ebo Sisters found their point of view on the story through various drafts. First, they did a pass at a feature, but they needed something that popped to get people\u2019s attention. Like all shorts, the <em>Honk For Jesus<\/em>. <em>Save Your Soul<\/em>. mini was designed to grab attention. But how do you do that exactly?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe characters in the first version of the feature were the same,\u201d says Adamma. \u201cThey were still struggling with their marriage and trying to get their congregation back. But the scandal was different, and the goal was different a little bit. When I did the short, I wanted something that wasn\u2019t in the first draft of the feature, which was more arresting images! It\u2019s a short, right? You got to lock people in pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finding those arresting images came from their experience as well. Slightly altered. Adamma Ebo envisioned a ministry dressed to the nines, hopelessly flailing on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s something that we could afford?\u201d she continues. \u201cSomething that is, when you see it, you\u2019re like, \u2018Huh, I want to see what this is about.\u2019 And I was like, I\u2019m going to put these people dressed in their Sunday best on the side of the road. Roadside ministry is not abnormal in the South, but you very rarely see people in their Sunday best doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, Adamma and Adanne leaned on each other throughout the process. They\u2019ve constructed their self-reliance over a lifetime, and their determination only strengthened through the multiple productions. They built an incredible team around them, but the final voice they trusted was their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething we brought from the short to the feature is that we trust each other implicitly in all things,\u201d says Adanne Ebo. \u201cThat just became even more staunch in the feature. We learned that no matter how much bigger the project gets or how many more people get involved, no one knows our story better than each other. We gut check each other and hold firm with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the Ebo Sisters finally received the go-ahead to transform\u00a0<em>Honk for Jesus<\/em>. <em>Save Your Soul<\/em>. into a feature, they had to rework their idea and theme a third time. Adamma and Adanne had a hook, but they still required a mighty long reel.\u00a0The short itself became the solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing from the short to what\u2019s now the feature,\u201d says Adamma, \u201cit was really about figuring out how to incorporate the fifteen-minute short into the feature. I figured out that the entirety of the short is the climax. It was really just writing around that and figuring out how to get them to the side of the road and that ending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mostly, the Ebo Sisters are concerned with what their audience is taking away from the experience. <em>Honk for Jesus<\/em>. <em>Save Your Soul<\/em>. helped them work through their history with institutions, and they hope the film can do the same for others. This is a conversation, and they want to see it ripple through their audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuestion everything,\u201d says Adamma. \u201cEspecially institutions that report to govern our lives and our souls. I think those are deserving of the most critique and the most questioning. Just do that. Also, for those institutions, provide a little bit more transparency for us. I want people to walk away feeling like it doesn\u2019t have to be all or nothing. You can critique these institutions in these spaces but still feel love and reverence for them or feel like they do good even if they can be doing better. You don\u2019t have to be quiet about these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><em>Honk for Jesus<\/em>. <em>Save Your Soul<\/em>. opens in select theaters and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/stream-movies\/honk-for-jesus-save-your-soul\">streams on<\/a> Peacock on 9\/2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Check the Gate\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. 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