Chris Nelson, as a prophet's hand-picked successor to a small religious sect. Credit Cinema Purgatorio
HOLLYWOOD---“As It Is in Heaven” opens quietly yet with unmistakable joy as the camera tracks a white-robed young woman through gracious rooms and lush gardens to the banks of a sparkling river. Joining the other members of her small religious sect, she watches their prophet (John Lina) baptize a new recruit (Chris Nelson) and give him the name David. Shot in just 17 days with the help of students and equipment at Asbury University, a Christian school in Kentucky, this low-budget debut by Joshua Overbay cooks a surprising amount of tension from the barest minimum of ingredients. Examining the rewards and consequences of faith with empathy and without judgment, Mr. Overbay (who wrote the story with his wife, Ginny Lee Overbay) maintains tight control of the sect’s darkening mood and waning strength. [link]
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