Thousands of people were baptized after seeing this duck dynasty A story of addiction and redemption told in a movie starring Phil Robertson. BLINDsaid daughter-in-law Corey Robertson.
“We went to talk to Phil about making this film because this is his story. He’s showing us the most difficult part of his life, but it’s hard to portray it on screen.” robertson Said christian post.
BLINDis streaming on Great American Pure Flix and follows the life of Phil Robertson from his childhood to 1985.
The film highlights the challenges he and his wife Kay Robertson faced in the early years of their marriage and how they got married. duck dynasty Before finding Jesus, Starr struggled with anger issues, alcoholism, and emotional instability due to his father abandoning his family.
“Long before Phil Robertson became a reality TV star, he fell in love and started a family, but his demons threatened to tear their lives apart. This is the truth that started a dynasty. This is the story of BLIND Movie’s IMDb page read.
Cory, who is married to Phil’s son Willie, spoke about the importance of depicting the rawness and brokenness of her step-parents’ stories.
“From day one, Phil said, ‘If it affects one person, if one person changes their life and gives their life to Jesus, because of my story, the darkest part of my story, Because of the part, I said, ‘I’ll do it.’ It’s worth it,”’ she recalled.
“One of the biggest takeaways was reading the comments and emails I received about the changes that happened in people’s lives after watching this film,” Robertson added.
Corrie said her family watched her father-in-law’s movies and heard many stories of people being baptized, and some of the baptisms were even held in Phil’s backyard.
“I wanted to know how many thousands of people were baptized in the river right behind Phil and Kay’s house. Phil loved to baptize people and spent years and years baptizing people in his backyard. “I’ve been doing that,” she said.
“People will go straight to church or go straight to a body of water after watching a movie,” Cory said. I just kept going and went somewhere else.” [and] Worshiped. ”
“One woman said her husband had been an alcoholic for 17 years and she had never gone to the movies with him,” Collier said. “She loves Phil and our show, so she convinced him to come to the movies with her. While they were watching a movie, he reached out and held her hand for the first time in years. I grabbed it. I read it and just cried.”
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