The Grammy Award-winning duo of KING + COUNTRY is giving moviegoers a take a look at how household, religion and prayer propelled them to worldwide success with the brand new movie, which opens in theaters this Friday.
“Unsung Hero” is the inspiring story of the Smallbone household, which incorporates KING + COUNTRY members Joel and Luke Smallbone and their sister, singer-songwriter Rebecca St. James once they emigrated from Australia to america after their father's profitable music firm collapsed.
“This movie is greater than our story. It's a tribute to our dad and mom, their sacrifices and the unshakable religion that obtained us via our hardest instances,” mentioned Olivet Nazarene College's Luke Smallbone.
Joel Smallbone makes his directorial and screenwriting debut with Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Firm's April 26 launch. He additionally performs the position of his father David.
“Earlier than this movie, I used to be fairly lazy with my dad's story, and it was actually spectacular for me to fall into his world and actually step into his footwear and into his jacket and (ask) 'What was he up in opposition to?'” Joel mentioned. “It was fairly profound, and it was additionally actually profound to re-enact these wonders that we sort of inexplicably sensed and felt alongside the best way.”
Luke Smallbone co-produced the movie and advised the gang at Liberty College that he hopes it’s going to encourage households to attract nearer to one another and nearer to God.
“I consider within the energy of household,” he mentioned. “I believe household is extra essential at present than it has ever been within the historical past of the world.”
On the coronary heart of the story is Helen Smallbone, a mom of seven, performed by Daisy Betts. For KING + COUNTRY created a music for his or her mom, which can be the title of a success film.
The official web site for “Unsung Hero” describes the movie as “based mostly on a outstanding true story, a mom's religion in opposition to all odds evokes her husband and kids to carry on to theirs.”
“It's each mother's story, each mother is an unsung hero, however not solely that, I like the journey,” Joel Smallbone mentioned.
As CBN Information reported, Helen Smallbone joined “The Prodigal Tales Podcast” in 2022 to inform the harrowing story of her household's winner. She shared that God led her after the household got here to America with completely nothing and catapulted them onto nationwide and worldwide levels.
“America was sort of the land of alternative,” Smallbone mentioned, noting that their expertise within the U.S. was a tradition shock. “At this level, we have been residing from hand to mouth. We knew that we didn't have a lot behind us financially. We now not had a household, a minimal of pals, acquaintances from work, however that was all.”
She mentioned it was via religion and perseverance that the household achieved great success. For KING + COUNTRY are platinum promoting artists and St. James has gained a Grammy and several other Dove Awards.
“It's an incredible duty beneath God that you just honor God and find yourself robust,” she mentioned of the platforms her youngsters have. “And it was the speak of the home.
It's a narrative Smallbone additionally documented in his 2022 guide, “Behind the Lights: The Extraordinary Journey of a Mum and Her Household.”
“Unsung Hero” is in theaters nationwide on Friday, April 26. For extra data, click on right here.
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