“The Armor Of Light” follows the journey of Evangelical minister Rob Schenck, who is trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America. The film tracks Reverend Schenck, a well-known anti-abortion activist and fixture on the political far right, as he breaks with orthodoxy by questioning whether being pro-gun is consistent with being pro-life. Rev. Schenck is shocked and perplexed by the reactions of his long-time friends and colleagues who warn him away from this complex, politically-explosive issue.
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Along the way, he meets Lucy McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis, an unarmed teenager who was murdered in Florida and whose story casts a spotlight on the state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws. McBath, also a devout Christian, decides to work with Schenck. Lucy is on a difficult journey of her own, trying to make sense of her devastating loss while using her grief to effect some kind of viable and effective political action where so many before her have failed.
The directorial debut of award-winning producer Abigail Disney (“Pray the Devil Back to Hell”; WOMEN, WAR & PEACE), and produced and co-directed by Kathleen Hughes, “The Armor Of Light” premieres on INDEPENDENT LENS Tuesday, May 10, 2016 on PBS.
Follow these allies through their trials of conscience, heartbreak and rejection, as they bravely attempt to make others consider America’s gun culture through a moral lens. The film is also a courageous look at our fractured political culture and an assertion that it is, indeed, possible for people to come together across deep party lines to find common ground.
A production of Purple Mickey Productions in association with Fork Films.
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Coming to Independent Lens: The Armor of Light
"The Armor of Light follows the journey of Evangelical minister Rob Schenck
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The Sanctity of Life
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