SOUND OF HOPE Star Believes Movie Teaches Us This About God
By Movieguide® Contributor
Actress and producer Nika King believes in the power of her latest project, SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT.
“A story of hope. A story of freedom. A story of redemption. And really focusing on this family and this community that decided not to turn and look the other way,” she said of the movie. “It’s changed my life in so many ways.”
SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT released last summer.
It follows “Donna and Reverend Martin as they ignite a fire in the hearts of their rural church to embrace kids in the foster system that nobody else would take. By doing the impossible — adopting 77 children — this East Texas community proved that, with real, determined love, the battle for America’s most vulnerable can be won.”
“…what happens is a complete transformation not only of this woman — I feel like that was a call from the Most High God — but also from a community that was really struggling to survive, but decided that these kids needed a safe home and a place where they would be given unconditional love,” King, who played Donna in the movie, told the “Jesus Calling” podcast.
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Ultimately, King is grateful and excited that the film made it to theaters because people want to see those kinds of movies.
“Despite coming from limited resources and hardships, they used what they had,” she said. “They had the love of Christ in their heart. This is what’s missing in the world. We’ve turned away from the vulnerable kids and the orphans and the widows. And the Most High has called us to be advocates for this marginalized group of people, because if we don’t do it — meaning we the church, the community — then it’s not going to get done. I’m able to see the parallel and see that God is always with us, the Most High is always fighting for us in the spiritual realm.”
Now, King is on a mission to “show them that God is still on the throne and He’s still moving. No matter what you’re going through in life, it’s going to get better.”
“I’ve just been awakened to really use everything that has happened to me and everything that I had to overcome to show people that, yes, I was fostered as well as a child,” she continued. “My mom, when she was becoming sober, we were in and out of different foster homes. And I didn’t know what that meant until I did this movie. And now I’m realizing that God has positioned me to be a light in the world and to show people that it doesn’t matter where you came from. It matters what you do with the pain. Right?”
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The movie opened in theaters on July 4, 2024. “All Praise to the Most High! The day is finally here!!” King posted that day. Now SOUND OF HOPE is available to stream on Prime Video and elsewhere.
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