back from GA

i've been in Georgia for the past two months shooting my first feature doc "Ultimate Christian Wrestling".  it's a joint thesis project for NYU grad school.  i'm collaborating with Tara, my creative partner since my second year at Tisch.

it is a crazy concept.  "does Jesus wrestle?" is the question i get asked the most.  unfortunately he doesn't.  how this works is that it's just like a regular pro wrestling show; good vs' evil, masked wrestlers with personalities, and grandiose entrance music. 

how does Jesus fit in? they have a drama/skits throughout the matches, usually dealing with temptation, drug addiction... and at the very end of the show Jesus comes out and saves the troubled soul.  then it's followed by a calling to the alter or the wrestling ring in this case.

down in GA wrestling is huge.  so they have these free shows to attract people.  their target audiences are the ones who don't feel comfortable going to church. 

when we first went down there we thought they would be fundamentalist, Jesus freaks, you name it.  but they are just good Christians who are thinking outside of the box. 

"it's not about how you spread the word, it's about the results."

thanks for reading.  more to come...

sincerely,

Jae-Ho