By Lovell-Fairchild Communications staff“We never aimed to make a political film or villainize anyone, only to humanize—to tell a person’s story,” Co-Director and Co-Writer Jon Erwin said of the film. “The point was never to give answers but to ask penetrating questions and to start conversations; from all we’re hearing, October Baby hits its mark.”
October Baby , starring John Schneider (Smallville, Dukes of Hazzard), Jasmine Guy (A Different World), and newcomers Rachel Hendrix and Jason Burkey, tells the story of 19-year-old Hannah, who discovers she’s adopted and the survivor of an attempted abortion. With friends from college, she hits the road to find answers and to locate her birth mother. Ultimately she finds the power of forgiveness.
In support of its life-affirming theme, October Baby producers have assigned 10 percent of the film’s profits to the Every Life Is Beautiful Fund. The money will be distributed to organizations helping women face crisis pregnancies, to life-affirming adoption agencies and agencies caring for orphans.
“October Baby may be the most important film I’ve ever been in,” Schneider said.
In advance screenings nationwide, October Baby galvanized audiences; grassroots groups in more than 70 communities pre-purchased enough tickets to bring the film to their local theaters. Support from a wide variety of Evangelical and Catholic organizations also helped spread the word.
October Baby marks the feature film debut of award-winning music video directors Jon and Andy Erwin and is a production of The Erwin Brothers and American Family Studios. It is distributed by Provident Films and Samuel Goldwyn Films.
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