Hard Truths of the Foster Care Crisis: Neal Harmon and Demetrius Grosse on New Film ‘Sound of Hope’

American Thought Leaders

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In 1997, in a small town in East Texas, Bishop W.C. Martin and his wife Donna felt moved to adopt two children from the foster care system.

They went on to inspire other families in their church to do the same. In total, 22 families in the community adopted 77 children.

This moving true story is depicted in the new Angel Studios film “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot.”

In this episode, I sit down with award-winning actor Demetrius Grosse, who depicts Bishop Martin in the film, and Angel Studios CEO and co-founder, Neal Harmon.

In America today, there are more than 400,000 children in the foster care system.

One study found that about 70 percent of those who age out of the system are arrested at least once by the time they’re 26. Seven out of 10 girls who grow up in the system will become pregnant by the time they turn 21.

The film “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot,” will be released in theaters on July 4, with some early screenings on July 3.

Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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0:00.0	There are 400,000 children in the foster care system and 100,000 of them are available for adoption.
0:07.0	90% of child trafficking cases have touched this system.
0:11.0	Abuse, neglect, crime rates, so then on the back end our policy makers law
0:15.7	enforcement they have to get involved it's what's happening in this episode I
0:20.4	sit down with the award-winning actor Demetrius Gross and Angel Studio CEO and
0:24.6	co-founder Neil Harmon to discuss the new film Sound of Hope, The Story of Possumtrot.
0:30.0	This movie is about getting to the root of the issue.
0:33.0	It's not an agenda film, but it's a film absolutely with a cause and a resounding message behind it.
0:41.0	We can all do something. This is American thought leaders and I'm
0:45.4	Yanya Kielek.
0:48.3	Demetrius Gross, Neil Harmon, such a pleasure to have you on American
0:52.4	thought leaders.
0:53.3	Thank you for having us, Your Honor.
0:54.8	Well, Demetrius, you play Bishop Martin, this man who is obviously central to the film.
1:04.1	And it's just actually an unbelievable story
1:08.2	what happened in possum trot.
1:09.8	Why don't you give me a picture of what it's all about?
1:12.0	What are we gonna to see here?
1:14.0	We're going to see a creatively made film, a masterfully shot movie by Josh Wiegel.
1:27.0	Are you sure these people want us?
1:29.0	I know they do.
1:30.0	You can call me mama. It's hard to feel like I'm the only one who sees these things.
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