Student-produced, filmed and scored documentary to premiere during Homecoming
After months of anticipation, students, alumni and friends of the University will enjoy the premiere of “Your Kingdom Come” during this year’s Homecoming celebration.
Set up as one of the biggest events for Homecoming weekend, the premiere of the 35-minute documentary in Boone Convocation Center is free to attend on Nov. 4. The event includes a walk down the purple carpet by all those involved in the project, as well as a Q&A panel following the screening.
The purple carpet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., followed by the screening of “Your Kingdom Come” at 7 p.m. Copies of the documentary will be on sale following the screening.
Junior Mariana Da Silva, associate producer of the “Your Kingdom Come” documentary addresses students and hopes many will come out to support the work of their classmates.
“There’s only one showing, so come,” Da Silva said. “It’s going to be really fun. Everyone’s invited.”
“Your Kingdom Come” is a documentary that takes part as a project of the University’s Faculty-Led Academic Research Experience program, otherwise known as FLARE.
Students in the media arts and religion departments traveled to Israel during last year’s spring break, where they gathered footage for the film. The documentary focuses on the meaning of the biblical phrase “Your Kingdom come” and what the kingdom of God looks like.
Trevecca’s media arts, religion and music departments all played a crucial role to the creation of the documentary.
Scored by Dr. Eric Wilson and students, scripted by Shawna Gaines, Dr. Tim Green and Dr. Tim Gaines and filmed by students in the media arts department, “Your Kingdom Come” is an interdisciplinary project that unifies art and religion.
“I think a project like this helps the University embody the best of what Trevecca is,” said Gaines, assistant professor of theology. “It’s a collaborative effort of multiple academic disciplines, leaders in their field in music and film and biblical studies coming together around the gospel of Jesus. It doesn’t get any better than that. It’s amazing.
“In some ways this documentary represents what Trevecca is,” Gaines continued, “music and art all coming together around a center point, which is the gospel.”
Professor Seth Conley, executive producer of the documentary and associate professor of communication studies, wrote the proposal for the collaborative project. He says the documentary’s aim is to challenge viewers “to think in a new way about the kingdom of God.”
Audiences can expect the documentary to showcase the high-level of excellence, Conley said.
“The documentary should look like a professional product because that is what we are asking our students to do,” he said. “I hope people will recognize this as a project created by faculty and students that brings together the many talents of the Trevecca community.”
By Hilda Elvir
Media contact: Mandy Crow, mmcrow@trevecca.edu, 615-248-1695