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[01/09/13 - 09:52 AM]
Lifetime to Celebrate Black History Month with Three World Premiere Movies
Look for "Betty & Coretta" (February 2), "Twist of Faith" (February 9) and "Pastor Brown" (February 16) in the coming weeks.







TWIST OF FAITH (LIFETIME)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
2/9/13
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from Lifetime's press release, January 2013) In Twist of Faith, Jacob Fisher (Hirsh), an Orthodox Jewish Cantor and amateur songwriter who resides in Brooklyn, New York, witnesses the senseless murder of his wife and three children. Catatonic, Jacob walks out on his Jewish mourning ritual, leaving behind his Jewish garments, wallet and keys. Abandoning his identity, he wanders aimlessly, hoping somehow to understand his tragedy. Fortuitously, he lands in Brent, Alabama (population 2,500), where he is embraced by Nina (Braxton), a single mother and the lead singer of a small gospel choir (an unlikely finalist in the competition to determine the best gospel choir in Alabama), her Uncle Moe (Williamson) and their gospel community who help his return to life while music brings Nina and Jacob together as they try to make sense of his past and their possible future. Twist of Faith is produced by Lighthouse Pictures. Daniel H. Blatt (Wisegal), Craig Baumgarten (Shattered Glass) and Andrew Howard serve as executive producers. Paul A. Kaufman (Sins of the Mother) directs from a script written by Joyce Gittlin (Wings), Janet Fattal and Stephen Tolkin (Brothers & Sisters).
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· David Julian Hirsh as Jacob Fisher
· Mykelti Williamson as Uncle Moe
· Toni Braxton as Nina
CREW INFORMATION:
· Andrew Howard as EP
· Craig Baumgarten as EP
· Janet Fattal as WRTR
· Joyce Gittlin as WRTR
· Paul A. Kaufman as DIR
· Stephen Tolkin as WRTR
GENRE(S):
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Lighthouse Pictures