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WITCH CITY-AND THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT-

A GLOBAL ON DEMAND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY

OFFICIAL PRESS KIT

PRESS CONTACT:CHRIS BRANDS | VIDEO PRODUCER

[email protected] | PHONE 717.796.9866 EXT. 145GLOBAL AWAKENING | 1451 CLARK ST. MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055

WHEN A GROUP OF CHRISTIANS FROM PENNSYLVANIATAKE A TRIP TO A HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL IN SALEM,

MASSACHUSETTS, CULTURES COLLIDE

...BUT NOT IN THE WAY YOU MIGHT EXPECT.

FOR MANY PEOPLE, “ALTERNATIVE” LIFESTYLES CAN SEEM INTIMIDATING, CONFUSING, OR A LOST CAUSE.WE WE TAKE AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT HOW TO REACHPEOPLE THROUGH AUTHENTIC LOVE AND THE

UNDENIABLE PRESENCE OF GOD.

SYNOPSIS

CHRIS BRANDS

Q AND A WITH DIRECTOR

EVERYONE! WHILE THE STORY IS TOLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CHRISTIANS AND IS GEARED TOWARD A CHRISTIAN AUDIENCE I LIKE TO BELIEVE THERE’S SOMETHING IN IT THAT EVERYONE CAN FIND INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE. THE GOAL OF THIS FILM ISN’T TO CONVERT PEOPLE TO CHRISTIANITY, OR TO SWAY PEOPLE TO A CERTAIN STREAM OF CHRISTIANITY. THE GOAL IS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LOVE OTHERS. I WOULD HOPE THAT CHRISTIANS CAN WATCH AND BE INSPIRED TO THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW THE GOSPEL CAN BE SHARED. I ALSO HOPE THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE THEY MAY NOT USUALLY COME INTO CONTACT WITH. ON THE OTHER SIDE I HOPE THAT NON-CHRISTIANS CAN NON-CHRISTIANS CAN WATCH AND SEE NOT ALL CHRISTIANS JUST WANT TO YELL AT THEM THROUGH A BLOW HORN AND THAT MANY OF US CARE ABOUT THEM REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY BECOME A CHRISTIAN.

WHO IS THIS FILM FOR?

SALEM, MA IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE WITCH CITY OR THE CITY OF WITCHES. THE CITY HAS EMBRACED THE NICKNAME SO MUCH SO THAT EVEN THE CITY’S POLICE PATCH CONTAINS THE NICKNAME AND AN EMBLEM OF A WITCH. THE TITLE IS SIMPLY REFERRING TO SALEM AND A GROUP OF CHRISTIANS VISITING THE CITY. WHILE THE FILM IS ABOUT THIS EVENT THAT HAPPENS IN SALEM, IT IS MORE SO ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD’S CHILDREN LET THEIR LIGHT SHINE OUT OF A PLACE OF LOVE AS OPPOSED TO A PLACE OF FEAR AND JUDGEMENT.

WHY THE TITLE WITCH CITY?

BACK IN SEPTEMBER, 2016 JUSTIN AND DJ APPROACHED ME ABOUT COMING WITH THEM TO SALEM, MA TO FILM THIS OUTREACH THEY DID. THEY SHARED SOME STORIES FROM PAST YEARS AND IT ALL SOUNDED VERY EXCITING. GLOBAL AWAKENING GAVE ME THE GO AHEAD SO I PACKED UP MY GEAR AND WENT. I WASN’T FULLY SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO COME OF WHAT I WAS SHOOTING EVEN WHILE I WAS SHOOTING IT. BUT I HAD THE IDEA THAT THIS COULD MAKE A GREAT FILM SO I JUST TRIED TO SHOOT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT I COULD. ONCE I GOT BACK AND LOOKED AND LOOKED AT THE FOOTAGE WE PLAYED AROUND WITH A FEW IDEAS INCLUDING RELEASING SHORT STORIES, OR AN EPISODIC SERIES. EVENTUALLY WE DECIDED THAT A FEATURE FILM WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO PACKAGE THE CONTENT IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE WOULD FIND ENTERTAINING, CAPTIVATING, AND IMPACTFUL.

HOW DID THIS FILM COME ABOUT?

CHRIS BRANDS

Q AND A WITH DIRECTOR

YES! THIS IS SOMETHING NEW FOR US SO WE’RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT. HOWEVER AS OPPORTUNITIESCOME UP AND IDEAS PRESENT THEMSELVES WE HOPE TO BE OFFERING MORE CONTENT LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE. IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU ENJOY AND YOU’D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING TO GLOBAL AWAKENING AND SUBSCRIBING TO GLOBAL ON DEMAND.

DOES GLOBAL ON DEMAND PLAN TO MAKE MORE ORIGINAL CONTENT?

A LOT. I GOT TO CAPTURE SO MANY GREAT MOMENTS AND ONLY SO MANY OF THEM WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE FILM. MANY OF THESE ALONG WITH EXTENDED CUTS OF SOME OF THE INTERVIEWS WILL BE PUT TOGETHER AS SPECIAL FEATURES AND MADE AVAILABLE ALONG WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE MOVIE VIA DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AND DVD. THERE ARE ALSO MANY TESTIMONIES AND GREAT MOMENTS THAT DID NOT GET FILMED. MANY OF THESE WE HOPE TO SHARE ON OUR BLOG AT WITCHCITYFILM.COM

WHAT DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT?

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT WITCH CITY IS THAT WE GOT TO CAPTURE SO MUCH RIGHT AS IT WAS HAPPENING. IT’S NOT AFTER THE FACT TESTIMONIES, EVERYTHING THAT IS TALKED ABOUT IS HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN. AND THEN AS YOU WATCH THESE THINGS HAPPEN YOU ALSO GET TO HEAR INTERVIEW RESPONSES ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING INTERNALLY. YOU GET TO SEE HOW WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE, PROPHECY, AND HEALING IS GIVEN AND THEN YOU GET TO HEAR TIPS FROM THOSE WHO DID IT. I THINK THIS FILM IS NOT ONLY ENTERTAINING AND INSPIRING BUT FROM A PRACTICAL STAND POINT IT COULD HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE STEP OUT AND TAKE RISKS FOR GOD. SOMETIMES JUST HSOMETIMES JUST HAVING A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE TO WATCH IS ALL YOU NEED TO GAIN CONFIDENCE TO GO DO IT YOURSELF.

THIS FILM ALSO PUTS A FACE TO MANY OF THOSE THE CHURCH CONSISTENTLY CONDEMNS. I THINK SOMETIMES IT IS EASY FOR THE CHURCH TO JUDGE CERTAIN PEOPLE SUCH AS WITCHES, PSYCHICS OR THOSE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY DON’T PERSONALLY KNOW ANYBODY PARTICIPATING IN THOSE THINGS. ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME, THEY HAVE DREAMS, THEY HAVE FAMILIES, THEY HAVE DOUBTS AND FEARS. ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT AND GET TO KNOW THEM IT IS EASIER TO MOVE TOWARDS THEM WITH LOVE INSTEAD OF PUSHING THEM AWAY IN FEAR. THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING AN AGENDA AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIP FOR THE SAKE OF CONVERTING OR CHANGING WE CAN CONVERTING OR CHANGING WE CAN BUILD RELATIONSHIP FOR THE SAKE OF RELATIONSHIP AND LET THE LOVE OF GOD JUST FLOW THROUGH WHO WE ARE AS WE RELEASE HOPE, PEACE, AND JOY. HOPEFULLY THIS FILM HELPS PEOPLE TO DO THAT.

WHAT MAKES WITCH CITY UNIQUE?

CAST

SAN DIEGO NATIVES, DJ AND CASEY PELTIER HAVE A HEART FOR LOVING PEOPLE, POWER EVANGELISM AND CITY TRANSFORMATION. THEY ARE FOUNDERS OF GENERATION 333, A NON-PROFIT BASED OUT OF HARRISBURG, PA WHICH IS COMMITTED TO SEEING CITY TRANSFORMATION AND LIVES TOUCHED BY THE LOVE OF JESUS. THEY ARE SEEING FIRST HAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LOVE OF JESUS IS POURED OUT ON A COMMUNITY THROUGH LOVING THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU. THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT HITTING THE STREETS, MEETING PEOPLE, PRAYING FOR THEM, AND BEING IN RELTHEM, AND BEING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. DJ AND CASEY RESIDE IN HARRISBURG WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN AND GERMAN SHEPHERD. THEY ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS OVER LAUGHS AND GOOD FOOD.

ALEX IS A UNIVERSITY GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND CRIMINOLOGY. BEFORE COMING TO GLOBAL SCHOOL OF SUPERNATURAL MINISTRY, ALEX WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA IN SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX SITUATIONS WITH SOCIETY’S MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES. DESPITE BEING EXPOSED TO SOME OF THE MOST HOPELESS SITUATIONS, HIS CONVICTION COUPLED WITH HIS TRAINING AT GLOBAL HAS GIVEN HIM HOPE THAT JESUS THROUGH HIS CHURCH HOLDS THE ANSWER. HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT GOD USING THE ORDINARY BELIEVERAND SEEING THE CHURCH FULFILL IT’S POTENTIAL IN LOVE, BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD AND THROUGH THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT.

DJ AND CASEY PELTIER

JUSTIN IS THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF PERPETUAL SPRINGS MINISTRIES. HUSBAND, FATHER, AND LOVER OF THE GODHEAD JUSTIN OPERATES IN A UNIQUE BOLDNESS THAT RELEASES THE GIFT OF FAITH IN INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEM TO FEEL LIKE A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE. THERE IS A GREAT GRACE ON HIS LIFE TO ADMINISTER REVELATORY PROPHETIC VISION PLAINLY AND IN A FASHION THE BELIEVER CAN RUN WITH. JUSTIN'S HEART IS TO SEE THE KINGDOM RELEASED IN ALL NATIONS AND PEOPLE RESTORED THROUGH PURE AND POWERFUL PROPHETIC MINISTRMINISTRY. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING AS THE EVENTS ADMINISTRATOR FOR GLOBAL AWAKENING IN MECHANICSBURG, PA. HE ALSO TRAVELS GLOBALLY WITH DR. RANDY CLARK AS HIS PERSONAL INTERN AND IS BEING TRAINED TO BECOME ONE OF THE NEXT ASSOCIATE EVANGELISTS OF GLOBAL AWAKENING.

JUSTIN ALLEN

ALEX JACOBI

BRIAN HAS STUDIED FOR TWO YEARS AT GLOBAL AWAKENING'S SCHOOL OF SUPERNATURAL MINISTRY. HE HAS BEEN MINISTERING SINCE 15 YEARS OF AGE AFTER A POWERFUL ENCOUNTER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING UNDER DR. RANDY CLARK AND DESIRES TO CONTINUE DEMONSTRATING THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE SPIRIT'S POWER, EQUIPPING OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO WALK IN THE SUPERNATURAL.

BRIAN STARLEY

CAST

LAUREN MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE EAST COAST WITH HER TWO CHILDREN FOUR YEARS AGO TO PURSUE MORE OF JESUS. SHE ATTENDED THREE YEARS OF GLOBAL SCHOOL WHERE SHE EXPERIENCED POWERFUL LIFE CHANGING TRANSFORMATION. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT MOVING IN THE PROPHETIC, POWER EVANGELISM AND INNER HEALING. AT THIS TIME SHE IS SERVING IN A NURSING HOME, ALLOWING THE LORD TO USE HER GIFTS TO LOVE THOSE AROUND HER WHO ARE SICK AND DYING. SHE BELIEVES THAT WHEREVER YOU ARE, IN YOUR HOME, IN THE COMMUNITTHE COMMUNITY, AND IN THE MARKETPLACE THAT THE LORD WILL USE YOU TO BRING THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!

LAUREN DOWN

PHIL IS A PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN SALEM, MA CALLED THE GATHERING. FOR OVER 20 YEARS HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS BETWEEN THE NEO-PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN SALEM AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD. DURING THAT TIME HE HAS HELPED TRAIN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO ENGAGE THEIR CITIES AND FESTIVALS IN CREATIVE WAYS. HE IS ALSO A WRITER OF POETRY, MUSIC, AND THEOLOGICAL RAMBLINGS. IN 2015 HE RELEASED A BOOK CALLED BURNING RELIGION THAT IS ABOUT NAVIGATING THE IMPOSSIBLE SPACE BETWEEN RELIGION AND SECULAR SOCIETAND SECULAR SOCIETY. HIS LATEST WORK INVOLVES PLANTING MICRO-CHURCHES IN FESTIVAL SETTINGS AROUND THE WORLD, AND INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF ART AND HUMAN INTERACTION, WHICH HE CALLS “BLANK CANVAS ART.” LEARN MORE AT SALEMGATHERING.ORG OR FOLLOW PHIL ON TWITTER @PHILWYMAN.

PHIL WYMAN

CREW

A TEXAS NATIVE ORIGINALLY, JOHN NOW RESIDES IN MECHANICSBURG, PA WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS. JOHN IS THE DIRECTOR OF MEDIA, WEB, AND IT AT GLOBAL AWAKENING, LEADING A TEAM OF 8 DESIGNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND PRODUCTION ARTISTS. JOHN CREATED GLOBAL ON DEMAND AND ENJOYS FINDING WAYS TO BRING GREAT CONTENT TO A GROWING AUDIENCE OF VIEWERS.

JOHN ROLF

CHRIS IS THE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR AND EDITOR OF WITCH CITY. CHRIS IS A GRADUATE OF THE MOTION PICTURE SCIENCE PROGRAM AT ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. HIS WORK EXPERIENCE INCLUDES IMAX POST IN SANTA MONICA, CA AND TIME WARNER CABLE SPORTS CHANNEL IN ROCHESTER, NY. HE NOW WORKS FOR GLOBAL AWAKENING AS A VIDEO PRODUCER AND RESIDES IN HARRISBURG, PA. CHRIS ENJOYS DOING FREELANCE COLOR CORRECTION AND LIVE SPORTS PRODUCTION ON THE SIDE AND HOPES TO CONTINUE TO MAKE DOCUMENAND HOPES TO CONTINUE TO MAKE DOCUMENTARIES AND TELL INSPIRING STORIES THAT IMPACT PEOPLE IN A POWERFUL WAY.

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