| God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness | |
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| Directed by | Michael Mason |
| Written by | Michael Mason |
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| Cinematography | Brian Shanley |
| Edited by | Joseph Sandoval |
| Music by | Pancho Burgos-Goizueta |
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| Distributed by | Pure Flix Entertainment |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $7.6 million[1] |
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness is a 2018 American Christian drama film written and directed by Michael Mason. It is a sequel to God's Not Dead 2: He's Surely Alive, and the third installment overall in the God's Not Dead film series. It stars David A. R. White, John Corbett, Shane Harper, Benjamin Onyango, Ted McGinley, Jennifer Taylor, Tatum O'Neal, Shwayze and Cissy Houston.[2]
The film follows the others' Christian persecution complex theme,[3][4][5] and is loosely based on the story of five pastors in Texas who were issued subpoenas for sermons,[6] due to potential violation of the Johnson Amendment.[7] Unlike in the film, in reality the subpoenas were soon dropped; since 2008 only one of more than 2,000 mainly evangelical Christian clergy deliberately violating the law has been audited, and none punished.[7][8]
Principal photography was completed in Little Rock, Arkansas, in December 2017. It was released in the United States on March 30, 2018, and received generally unfavorable reviews from critics. The film made less in its entire theatrical run ($7.4 million) than each of the previous two grossed in their respective domestic opening weekends ($9.7 million and $7.6 million). It brought the cumulative gross of the film series to $96.6 million worldwide.
A sequel titled, God's Not Dead: We the People, was released in October 2021.
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- ^ Truitt, Brian (December 19, 2017). "Watch the fiery trailer for the faith-based film 'God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness'". USA Today. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Wilkinson, Alissa (April 3, 2018). "How the Christian movie series God's Not Dead fails to be Christian". Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ O'Malley, Sheila. "God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness movie review (2018) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness review – preposterous threequel". The Guardian. March 29, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "Houston withdraws legal demand to see pastors' sermons in gay rights battle". The Guardian. Associated Press. October 17, 2014. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Wilkinson, Alissa (February 2, 2017). "Trump wants to 'totally destroy' a ban on churches endorsing political candidates". Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ "Trump is wrong. Pulpit freedom already exists". The Washington Post. August 5, 2016. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 25, 2020.