Ep. 95 - The Other Side Of Heaven special episode: Mitch Davis - Writer, Director, Latter Day Saint.

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

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4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2019

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Mitch Davis is the writer and Director of the Other Side Of Heaven movies. In the conversation we talk about how his inspiration for the original film, working for large film studios, the process of making independent film, surviving being struck by lightning, his relationship with Elder Groberg, how Pres. Monson influenced part two being made and so much more. Mitch has lead such a fascinating life. He is a sincere servant of the Lord. You will love his story.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
0:11.3	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:23.6	Thank you. organization unless otherwise stated. Hello, friends, and welcome to episode number 95 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:30.6	I'm Sean Rupier. I am your host, and this is a very special episode. My guest, Mitch Davis, is the director, writer, and producer of
0:40.6	the film The Other Side of Heaven, as well as the new film, The Other Side of Heaven, too,
0:46.4	which is out in theaters now, and you have to get out and see this amazing movie. I want to thank
0:53.4	my friend John Dye. John has been on the show before
0:57.5	and is just, I always refer to him as the most connected man in the church. He seems to know
1:02.8	everybody. And last week, I got a text out of the blue from John that said, hey, Sean, Mitch,
1:09.4	you guys should really get to know each other. And I had always
1:12.7	wanted to interview Mitch. I just never knew how to get a hold of him. And I said, Mitch,
1:17.6	I'm a big fan. We'd love to have you on the show. And Mitch replied and said, hey, how about
1:21.8	tomorrow night? Which is incredible because his schedule has just been so busy trying to get this film off the ground.
1:30.0	We'll talk about the fire side he did right before we recorded.
1:33.4	We ended up recording at 11 o'clock at night.
1:38.2	And normally we, you know, on the show we record for about 45 or 50 minutes.
1:43.5	And Mitch was so compelling, so
1:45.8	interesting, this conversation lasted more than an hour. And so I talked to my wife a bit
1:54.0	about it. And I was going to actually release two episodes today. We were going to release one that was a 40 or 45
2:03.3	minute edit and then another one that was the full conversation. And I talked to my wife. I talked to
2:10.5	my dear friend Nick Goletti, who is the king of podcasting, and said, what do we do? And both of them said, hey, if it's a great conversation,
2:19.4	just put on the whole thing. So I decided to just share this longer version with you, and you are
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