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Synopsis
As a small Presbyterian church in west Tennessee sits on the brink of a present day ideological schism, a filmmaker pieces together another story from the church’s past, when her father’s AIDS illness and death in the 1980s created an exodus of members and drove a deep divide in the church elders. GOD SENT US ALAN weaves together these two inflection points in the history of one small town church, through the perspective of the ministers and the church members, past and present, those who left and those who stayed. Individually, their stories contain betrayal, grief, compassion, the questioning of faith, and the search for transcendence. Collectively they compose a portrait, spanning decades, of a congregation grappling with what it means to be a Christian and what means to be in community.
Bio
Rebekah Fergusson is a documentary filmmaker with a passion for character-driven stories. Her experience includes directing, cinematography, and producing. She has produced long form documentaries for Netflix, ITVS, HBO and Fox Sports that have premiered at major film festivals and been nominated for Academy Awards, Sports Emmys and Webbys. Her credits include: Academy Award nominated films Crip Camp (2020) and End Game (2018), Fox Sports documentary Q Ball (2019), and the Academy Award short-listed HBO documentary The Case Against 8 (2014). She also directed Pelada (2010) and is currently developing her next feature documentary as a director. She is a 2021 Impact Partners Producing Fellow, an active member of the Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA), and is based in Durham, NC
Awards History
New Orleans Film Festival 2022 - South Pitch Participant
Credits
Producer - Shaleece Haas
