BET’s Let The Church Say Amen film To Air In AugustPosted by Wilson Morales
July 29, 2015
Atress Regina King’s directorial debut, the BET original film ‘Let The Church Say Amen,’ will on Saturday, August 29 at 8 PM ET/PT.
This two-hour movie of the week will be a BET Premiere Cinema event starring Steve Harris, Naturi Naughton, Lela Rochon, Hosea Sanchez and Collins Curtis Pennie. The film was produced by Roger Bobb of Bobbcat Films and Queen Latifah‘s Flava Unit Company with Shakim Compere and Shelby Stone. Royal Ties, the company King runs with her sister, Reina King, are serving as Executive Producers.
The film is based on author ReShonda Tate Billingsby‘s 2005 novel of the same name. Actress-screenwriter Crystal Garrett penned the adaptation.
‘Let The Church Say Amen’ centers around a Reverend of a renowned small church in Houston; while the reverend seems to be doing a fine job mentoring his church, his family is under chaos.
As described by Amazon,
Reverend Simon Jackson (Harris) has always felt destined to lead and he’s done a good job of it, transforming his small Houston church into one of the most respected and renowned in the region. But while the good Reverend’s been busy tending his flock, his family’s gone astray. His nineteen-year-old daughter, Rachel (Naughton), gives new meaning to “baby mama drama.” Crazy in love with her son’s father, she’s wreaking havoc on the man’s life, even though he’s about to marry another woman. David, Simon’s oldest at twenty-seven (Sanchez), has been spiraling downward ever since a knee injury ended a promising football career. These days he’s seeking solace in drugs — even feeding his habit by stealing church offerings. Blessedly, twenty-three-year-old Jonathan (Pennie), a college graduate and the apple of Simon’s eye, is poised to take his father’s side as associate pastor — or so everyone thinks.
Loretta (Rochon) has been a devoted wife to Simon, but she’s beginning to realize that enabling him to give more to the church than to his children was her biggest mistake. As things begin to fall apart and secrets are revealed, will Loretta be able to help her husband reunite their tattered family before it’s too late?
Let the Church Say Amen is a powerful journey through one family’s trials — and a remarkable story of reconciliation and love.
