{"id":2223040,"date":"2024-04-17T09:08:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T13:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hopeful-director-touts-faith-based-film-as-bringer-of-hope-and-healing-amid-enough-darkness\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T09:09:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T13:09:45","slug":"the-hopeful-director-touts-faith-based-film-as-bringer-of-hope-and-healing-amid-enough-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hopeful-director-touts-faith-based-film-as-bringer-of-hope-and-healing-amid-enough-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Director promotes faith-based film as a beacon of hope and healing in times of darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-hopeful-director-touts-faith-based-film-as-bringer-of-hope-and-healing-amid-enough-darkness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Emmy Award-winning film \u200cdirector and producer\u200b Kyle \u2064Portbury expresses his aim for hope and\u2062 healing through his \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-overwhelmingly-silent-on-scott-rudin-abuse-allegations\/\" title=\"Hollywood Overwhelmingly Silent On Scott Rudin Abuse Allegations\">latest film<\/a>, &#8220;The Hopeful.&#8221; The movie, set \u200cin 19th-century New \u2064England and based\u200b on\u200b a true story, is a faith-based historical drama that premiered in over 900 theaters. \u200dClick &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; for additional\u200d details. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker \u200cKyle Portbury conveys his \u2062mission of spreading \u200dhope and healing \u2063through his recent film, &#8220;The Hopeful&#8221;. This faith-based historical drama, \u200cunfolding in 19th-century\u200b New England and inspired by real \u200bevents,\u200d debuted \u200cin more than 900 theaters. For further insights,\u2062 click \u2062on &#8220;Read \u200bmore&#8230;&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Emmy Award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>film<\/a> director and producer Kyle Portbury said the goal behind his latest film, <em>The Hopeful<\/em>, is to be a \u201cbringer of hope and healing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fathomevents.com\/events\/the-hopeful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>The Hopeful<\/em><\/a>  opened in more than 900 theaters on Wednesday. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/faith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/itll-cancel-itself-dennis-quaid-rips-cancel-culture-talks-upcoming-reagan-biopic-new-film-in-exclusive-interview\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019ll Cancel Itself\u2019: Dennis Quaid Rips Cancel Culture, Talks Upcoming \u2018Reagan\u2019 Biopic, New Film In Exclusive Interview\">faith-based film<\/a><\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-and-actor-shut-down-suggestion-their-new-historical-drama-is-too-white\/\" title=\"Director and actor reject criticism of lack of diversity in new historical drama.\">historical drama set<\/a> in 19th-century New England and based on the true story of preacher William Miller, who inspired the global movement of faith\u00a0that led to\u00a0the Seventh-day Adventist Church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is a complicated, sometimes scary place, but I could be the bringer of hope and healing,\u201d Portbury told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> \u201cI think we all want films like that at the moment, right? There\u2019s enough darkness and kind of scary stuff in the actual physical world where we live without going and having to have that be the only option for our entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"2QkLDug4d7s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hopeful | Official Movie Trailer | In Theaters April 17-18 Nationwide\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2QkLDug4d7s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to create a work that can stand on its own, about people who anticipated something major\u00a0\u2014\u00a0yet had to deal with the fallout when that didn\u2019t pan out,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a universal experience, not unique just to faith communities. Everyone has anticipated something only to see it not turn out like they imagined or dreamed it would.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Portbury collaborated with two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Jonas Myrin, who wrote and performed two original songs for the film.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Hopeful<\/em> is slated to appear in theaters on Wednesday and Thursday, with some opting to extend its release.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmy Award-winning director and producer Kyle Portbury aims for hope and healing with his latest film, The Hopeful. 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