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By Keith Uhlich In the press notes for his documentary Audience of One, director Michael Jacobs says of his subject, Pentecostal Pastor Richard Gazowsky, "[I] truly admire him for his creative vision, his spiritual mentoring and his ...
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Ten years ago, Richard Gazowsky, pastor of the Voice of Pentecost Church in San Francisco, received a 'prophetic whisper' from God to make movies.Michael Jacobs' unique documentary shows Pastor Gazowsky and his congregation as they gear up to make "Gravity: The Shadow of Joseph," a $50 million Biblical sci-fi epic.
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I didn't know at the time how little money they really had, because Richard pitches a big game, and he's so magnetic.
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Slowly but surely the film became about Richard.At first, I though it was a film about filmmaking and faith but by the end it was a film about this one man and his vision.
His mother makes fun of him a lot.She's his harshest critic.She's a really strong woman.She's an incredible character, and she became an incredible character device, and that provided a necessary element of reality in the film.
What are the church members up to these days?They've been kicked off Treasure Island, and have returned all their belongings to the church.There is no quit in these people, neither in Richard nor in his staff.So they're regrouping, getting ready for the next project.The setbacks feed them.The church is healthy outlet for these people to organize their lives around.That's one mantra that you hear at church all the time: "I'm just gonna keep showin' up," and that worked for me sometimes, when Richard would encourage me just to show up.
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And then I still don't really know who Richard is.After two years of observing him I'm farther than ever from knowing him.
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Ten years ago, Richard Gazowsky, pastor of the Voice of Pentecost Church in San Francisco, received a 'prophetic whisper' from God to make movies.Michael Jacobs' unique documentary shows Pastor Gazowsky and his congregation as they gear up to make "Gravity: The Shadow of Joseph," a $50 million Biblical sci-fi epic.
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