'The Hopeful' is set following the War of 1812. True stories of Americans including William Miller and Ellen Harmon play out during the movie.
In mid-April, the Christian film 'The Hopeful' was released to viewers in 900 theaters across the U.S. for two days with a theme that is harmonious with today’s society, though set in the early 1800s. The film’s producer and director, Kyle Portbury of Sydney, Australia, told Fox News Digital over a video interview that the true story of religious observers, beginning during the War of 1812, effortlessly connects with 21st-century audiences.
Upon conclusion of Sunday service, Harmon, with no more than a third grade education, returns home and enlightens her parents that Christ is hopeful and healing, not judgmental and prejudiced as she had previously assumed. Harmon opens her eyes to the idea of a cushioned Christ and becomes a visionary for Miller’s cause and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 'Ellen is the least likely person to have the legacy that she does today,' Portbury said.
What they persevered through was an understanding that, yes, eventually Christ is going to come back, and the world is going to end, but that isn’t a bad thing, that's a good thing, because it brings hope and healing to a world that desperately needs it,' Portbury said. Cognizant that he could connect with the discourse among Americans from 1812, Portbury decided to produce the film.
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