The Pulpit
Logline: When her politically-divided church is threatened by extremists, a controversial Pastor must fight to reclaim her pulpit as a skeptical FBI Agent investigates her involvement in the threats.
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Tosin MorohunfolaWriter
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Project Type:Screenplay
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Genres:Suspense, Drama, Crime, Faith, Thriller
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Number of Pages:114
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Country of Origin:United States
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Language:English
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First-time Screenwriter:No
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Student Project:No
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Digital Cinema Package:Unavailable
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Screencraft Fellow and Finalist
October 1, 2021 -
Stowe Story Lab Fellow
October 1, 2021
Tosin is an actor, writer, director and proud son of Nigerian Immigrants now living in Kansas City, where he grew up.
Tosin is also an independent filmmaker whose festival-selected films include: "Endowed", a parable about fatherhood, and "On Sight", a social justice police thriller. His writing centers on stories of empathy, awareness and belonging.
In 2020, the phrase “Black Lives Matters” became the modern crucible for evangelical churches. A socio-political split coursed through congregations based on their response to the movement.
I was raised in a pretty conservative Kansas community, and I’d like to reach back to those rural roots and extend this message of inclusion and support for the religious progressives and social activists who are often ostracized in the Bible Belt. I’d also hope that this story warns my fellow Midwesterners about the lurking threat of right-wing extremism that is brewing in their midst.
As an outspoken Black activist, I know those dangers all too well. So, through the eyes of a female Christian minister, and through this fight for the marginalized, my film depicts and honors the struggle of liberal voices in rural areas and warns about the dangers which accompany that social activism.
And stories like this are happening to community leaders and sanctuaries all across this nation.
