Matt McCauley’s feature directorial debut, Undefiled, will only be released in theaters for two nights, starting on February 4th and February 10th at the Route 66 Theater in Webb City, Missouri.
Undefiled stars former MLB player Bradford Haynes (Stranger Things, Paradise City), Stelio Savante (Fresh Kills, Nefarious), Cory Kays (Looking For Andrew, Lily Is Here), Kalyn Wood (Wrath and Rituals), Sharonne Lanier (Pursuit Of Freedom, Son of The South), and Zach Sale (Ambitions, Miracles From Heaven).
In the film, “Struggling with an endless cycle of addiction, an aging Mitch Jennings finally gets his shot at professional baseball. But, taking that chance will mean turning his back on a team secret that may cost a young sex-trafficked victim her life.”
The screenings will include a meet and greet with the producers, director, and selective cast followed by a live Q&a session after the screening.
Tickets are available for direct purchase Here.
Undefiled stars former MLB player Bradford Haynes (Stranger Things, Paradise City), Stelio Savante (Fresh Kills, Nefarious), Cory Kays (Looking For Andrew, Lily Is Here), Kalyn Wood (Wrath and Rituals), Sharonne Lanier (Pursuit Of Freedom, Son of The South), and Zach Sale (Ambitions, Miracles From Heaven).
In the film, “Struggling with an endless cycle of addiction, an aging Mitch Jennings finally gets his shot at professional baseball. But, taking that chance will mean turning his back on a team secret that may cost a young sex-trafficked victim her life.”
The screenings will include a meet and greet with the producers, director, and selective cast followed by a live Q&a session after the screening.
Tickets are available for direct purchase Here.
- 1/14/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The first look poster and a full cast list for the upcoming Christmas film Saint Nick Of Bethlehem has finally been revealed. Written and Directed by Spencer Folmar and Daniel Roebuck, the Christmas film is scheduled to start filming later this year.
Saint Nick is based on the true story of Allen Smith, a man distraught over losing his son. He finds closure and discovers a new purpose when he takes on the role of Santa Claus in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Christmas City, USA
Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull), Marsha Dietlin Bennett (Learning Curve), Duane Whitaker (Getting Grace), Stelio Savante (Pursuit of Freedom), Elias Kemuel (Pursuit of Freedom), and Bradford Haynes have joined the previously announced cast including Timothy E. Goodwin (The Follower), Jennifer Porrata, and Kathy Patterson (Miracle at Manchester).
Saint Nick Of Bethlehem is being produced by Spencer Folmar, Ben Daniele, Tammy Roebuck, Danny Roebuck, Doug Tschirhart,...
Saint Nick is based on the true story of Allen Smith, a man distraught over losing his son. He finds closure and discovers a new purpose when he takes on the role of Santa Claus in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Christmas City, USA
Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull), Marsha Dietlin Bennett (Learning Curve), Duane Whitaker (Getting Grace), Stelio Savante (Pursuit of Freedom), Elias Kemuel (Pursuit of Freedom), and Bradford Haynes have joined the previously announced cast including Timothy E. Goodwin (The Follower), Jennifer Porrata, and Kathy Patterson (Miracle at Manchester).
Saint Nick Of Bethlehem is being produced by Spencer Folmar, Ben Daniele, Tammy Roebuck, Danny Roebuck, Doug Tschirhart,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
CinemaBlind’s Review – 70%
Pursuit of Freedom is deeply rooted in Christianity and while I am not religious myself. I can’t deny the fact that the film shows its story of faith in a very charming way. The George A. Johnson film follows the incredible true story of Anna (Jessica Koloian), a Ukranian mother of three who goes through hell when she is kidnapped by local mobsters and sold into prostitution and sexual slavery.
After nearly three years of enslavement, Anna is left for dead on the side of the road by the mobsters after she becomes ill and is no longer attractive to clients. After weeks of lying unconscious, Anna awakens in a hospital in Amsterdam where she is helped by a kind nurse Naomi (Sharonne Lanier), who reads Anna passages from the Bible and leads her on the path of Christ.
As Anna’s health gets a bit...
Pursuit of Freedom is deeply rooted in Christianity and while I am not religious myself. I can’t deny the fact that the film shows its story of faith in a very charming way. The George A. Johnson film follows the incredible true story of Anna (Jessica Koloian), a Ukranian mother of three who goes through hell when she is kidnapped by local mobsters and sold into prostitution and sexual slavery.
After nearly three years of enslavement, Anna is left for dead on the side of the road by the mobsters after she becomes ill and is no longer attractive to clients. After weeks of lying unconscious, Anna awakens in a hospital in Amsterdam where she is helped by a kind nurse Naomi (Sharonne Lanier), who reads Anna passages from the Bible and leads her on the path of Christ.
As Anna’s health gets a bit...
- 10/9/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
A first-look trailer for director Matt McCaulley’s new thriller film unDEFILED has just been revealed.
unDEFILED is a “sex trafficking baseball thriller” by director Matt McCaulley from a screenplay by Daniel, Matt & David McCaulley. The film follows an aging baseball player Mitch Jennings who finally gets his shot to play professional baseball but if he accepts that offer it would mean that he would be turning his back on a young sex-trafficked woman.
The thriller film stars former MLB player Bradford Haynes, SAG award nominee Stelio Savante, Cory Kays, Kalyn Wood (Wrath and Rituals), Sharonne Lanier, and Zach Sale.
While a release date for unDEFILED is yet to be announced. You can check out the trailer and official synopsis for the upcoming film below:
“Struggling with an endless cycle of addiction, an aging Mitch Jennings finally gets his shot at professional baseball. But, taking that chance will mean turning...
unDEFILED is a “sex trafficking baseball thriller” by director Matt McCaulley from a screenplay by Daniel, Matt & David McCaulley. The film follows an aging baseball player Mitch Jennings who finally gets his shot to play professional baseball but if he accepts that offer it would mean that he would be turning his back on a young sex-trafficked woman.
The thriller film stars former MLB player Bradford Haynes, SAG award nominee Stelio Savante, Cory Kays, Kalyn Wood (Wrath and Rituals), Sharonne Lanier, and Zach Sale.
While a release date for unDEFILED is yet to be announced. You can check out the trailer and official synopsis for the upcoming film below:
“Struggling with an endless cycle of addiction, an aging Mitch Jennings finally gets his shot at professional baseball. But, taking that chance will mean turning...
- 9/5/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
New York based actor, producer, filmmaker and former Capetonian – Stelio Savante – has joined thousands of South Africans in celebrating the South African Supreme Court’s ruling on citizenship. The court summary declared that it was constitutionally invalid for South Africans to lose their citizenship when acquiring those from other nations. The ruling comes after the Democratic Alliance (Da) appealed a high court order that originally dismissed the party’s application that the legislation was inconsistent with the South African constitution. However this new ruling reinstated Sa citizenship for all those who lost it.
Stelio Savante B – Photo Credit – Gene Silvers
Savante – who has 135 international credits to his name – described the elation that he and other South Africans were experiencing – “I gratefully wake to celebrate with the tens of thousands of fellow South Africans who’d unnecessarily and inadvertently been deprived of their citizenship courtesy of a flawed and contradictory law that violated international human rights.
Stelio Savante B – Photo Credit – Gene Silvers
Savante – who has 135 international credits to his name – described the elation that he and other South Africans were experiencing – “I gratefully wake to celebrate with the tens of thousands of fellow South Africans who’d unnecessarily and inadvertently been deprived of their citizenship courtesy of a flawed and contradictory law that violated international human rights.
- 6/18/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Cobalt Pictures has acquired foreign distribution rights to the human trafficking thriller Pursuit Of Freedom starring Jessica Koloian, Stelio Savante, Robia Scott, Sharonne Lanier, Brayden Eaton, Tenley Kellog, Elias Kemuel, Mark Lowry and Robert Amaya.
Pursuit Of Freedom is the true story of a Ukrainian woman (Koloian) who was separated from her three children and sold into trafficking by Russian gangsters. After years of struggle, she defied all odds with the help and kindness of a Dutch nurse (Lanier), an Armenian missionary (Savante), and an American pastor (Amaya). Though countries, miles, and time kept them apart, she held onto her faith and with the help of the church and strangers, survived to be reunited with her children. Written and directed by NATAS Lgl Emmy® Award-Winning director George A. Johnson, executive produced by Lonnie Norris and Connie Norris, and produced by George A. Johnson, Karen Johnson and Stelio Savante.
The cast...
Pursuit Of Freedom is the true story of a Ukrainian woman (Koloian) who was separated from her three children and sold into trafficking by Russian gangsters. After years of struggle, she defied all odds with the help and kindness of a Dutch nurse (Lanier), an Armenian missionary (Savante), and an American pastor (Amaya). Though countries, miles, and time kept them apart, she held onto her faith and with the help of the church and strangers, survived to be reunited with her children. Written and directed by NATAS Lgl Emmy® Award-Winning director George A. Johnson, executive produced by Lonnie Norris and Connie Norris, and produced by George A. Johnson, Karen Johnson and Stelio Savante.
The cast...
- 6/9/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The powerful and moving award winning Christian thriller Pursuit of Freedom (fka Pulled From Darkness) is now streaming nationwide on Pureflix . Pursuit of Freedom stars Jessica Koloian, SAG Award Nominee Stelio Savante, Robia Scott, and Sharonne Lanier, with Robert Amaya and special appearances by The Voice’s Season One winner, Javier Colon, and singer, songwriter, Mark Lowry. Also including Pete Berwick, Dylan Bostic, Nate Burkhalter, Bobby Easley, Brayden Eaton, Elias Kemuel, Tenley Kellogg, Mike Markoff, Garry Nation, Gigi Orsillo, Steve Shermett, Mimi Sagadin, Anna Terry, Todd Terry, and Brett Varvel.
Pursuit of Freedom
Pursuit Of Freedom is the true story of a Ukrainian woman who was separated from her three children and sold into trafficking by Russian gangsters. After years of struggle, she defied all odds with the help and kindness of a Dutch nurse, an Armenian missionary, and an American pastor. Though countries, miles, and time kept them apart,...
Pursuit of Freedom
Pursuit Of Freedom is the true story of a Ukrainian woman who was separated from her three children and sold into trafficking by Russian gangsters. After years of struggle, she defied all odds with the help and kindness of a Dutch nurse, an Armenian missionary, and an American pastor. Though countries, miles, and time kept them apart,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Q: We recently saw you in the film Pursuit of Freedom. In it, you play the role of Bedros, a character who fights for freedom, making his own decisions, to put it that way. This is a character who is obviously full of goodness and is very human.
How did you prepare for Bedros and what can you tell us about him and your character?
Stelio Savante in Pursuit Of Freedom photo credit James Burgess
A: Thank you for your feedback on Bedros and Pursuit Of Freedom.
I’d already been in a prior film about human trafficking based on a true story (Selling Isobel aka Apartment 407) and had done extensive research in this arena. So I was far too familiar with the ugly global exploitation and far too common forced labor that exists. And aware of how governments are always one step behind and in some cases don’t care.
How did you prepare for Bedros and what can you tell us about him and your character?
Stelio Savante in Pursuit Of Freedom photo credit James Burgess
A: Thank you for your feedback on Bedros and Pursuit Of Freedom.
I’d already been in a prior film about human trafficking based on a true story (Selling Isobel aka Apartment 407) and had done extensive research in this arena. So I was far too familiar with the ugly global exploitation and far too common forced labor that exists. And aware of how governments are always one step behind and in some cases don’t care.
- 3/1/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Pursuit of Freedom is a film directed by George A. Johnson and stars Jessica Koloiano and Stelio Savante.
This is a movie about human rights in the face of bureaucracy.
Jessica Koloian and Stelio Savante are exceptional actors in a movie that is above all, very humane.
Storyline
A woman is attacked and her children are kidnapped by a group of criminals because of bad debts of her husband which she has been separated from for years and she will not stop until she gets her kids back.
Movie Review Pursuit of Freedom (2022)
Pursuit of Freedom is a movie that fools one from the start, but in a good way. It looks almost like it will be a thriller, with the first scenes leading us to thing that “here´s another Bruce Willis movie…” and no, because Pursuit of Freedom is, above all, a story about people searching for freedom...
This is a movie about human rights in the face of bureaucracy.
Jessica Koloian and Stelio Savante are exceptional actors in a movie that is above all, very humane.
Storyline
A woman is attacked and her children are kidnapped by a group of criminals because of bad debts of her husband which she has been separated from for years and she will not stop until she gets her kids back.
Movie Review Pursuit of Freedom (2022)
Pursuit of Freedom is a movie that fools one from the start, but in a good way. It looks almost like it will be a thriller, with the first scenes leading us to thing that “here´s another Bruce Willis movie…” and no, because Pursuit of Freedom is, above all, a story about people searching for freedom...
- 2/19/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Actor and producer Stelio Savante is currently starring in the lead ensemble cast of three films currently slated for world-wide sales at the EFM at this year’s Berlinale.
Stelio Savante in Pursuit Of Freedom B photo credit James Burgess
The South African native is an American Movie Award winner and SAG Award nominee who most recently starred in Nathan Scoggin’s noir thriller What Remains (Gravitas Ventures produced by Ralph Winter) opposite Anne Heche in her final performance on film. Also starring opposite Academy Award nominee Frank Langella and Bobby Cannavale in the Lionsgate comedy Angry Neighbors produced by Academy Award nominee Kerry Orent, and opposite Nick McCallum in the noir thriller Find Her (Kdmg). The three films are being represented internationally at the European Film Market by Premiere Entertainment Group (What Remains), Playa Media Group (Angry Neighbors), and Talk Global Media (Find Her), respectively.
He was the male...
Stelio Savante in Pursuit Of Freedom B photo credit James Burgess
The South African native is an American Movie Award winner and SAG Award nominee who most recently starred in Nathan Scoggin’s noir thriller What Remains (Gravitas Ventures produced by Ralph Winter) opposite Anne Heche in her final performance on film. Also starring opposite Academy Award nominee Frank Langella and Bobby Cannavale in the Lionsgate comedy Angry Neighbors produced by Academy Award nominee Kerry Orent, and opposite Nick McCallum in the noir thriller Find Her (Kdmg). The three films are being represented internationally at the European Film Market by Premiere Entertainment Group (What Remains), Playa Media Group (Angry Neighbors), and Talk Global Media (Find Her), respectively.
He was the male...
- 2/14/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Exclusive: Vision Films’ CEO and Managing Director Lise Romanoff has closed a deal with Andrei Bocharnikov of Ukraine’s Festivals Cinema to theatrically release six films in the region—the goal being to provide a little respite, distraction and hope for all those in the country who are struggling, amid Russia’s invasion.
Festivals Cinema, based in Kharkiv, will first exhibit Paul Schneider’s inspirational family drama Just Another Dream, starring Kristy Swanson and Dean Cain, and produced by Charles Franz. It will then release the sci-fi pic Alpha Code, starring Denise Richards, which Keoni Waxman directed with Milan Friedrich producing. Thrillers 7th Secret and Seal of Desire will follow, along with the documentaries Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign and Prince Philip: The Man Behind the Throne.
Festivals Cinema will also expand its theatrical release of Tango Shalom to Poland, with full support of the filmmakers. The film, which...
Festivals Cinema, based in Kharkiv, will first exhibit Paul Schneider’s inspirational family drama Just Another Dream, starring Kristy Swanson and Dean Cain, and produced by Charles Franz. It will then release the sci-fi pic Alpha Code, starring Denise Richards, which Keoni Waxman directed with Milan Friedrich producing. Thrillers 7th Secret and Seal of Desire will follow, along with the documentaries Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign and Prince Philip: The Man Behind the Throne.
Festivals Cinema will also expand its theatrical release of Tango Shalom to Poland, with full support of the filmmakers. The film, which...
- 5/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
With Destination Marfa now on DVD and digital services, I had the opportunity to catch up with producer and co-star Stelio Savante to learn about how he got involved with the film, his favorite on set memories, working with Tony Todd, and more!
How did you get involved with Destination Marfa as a producer and one of the film's co-stars?
The project kept coming across my radar where it no longer felt coincidental. Often these projects and roles serendipitously chase you. It literally felt like a case of pronoia to me. So I reached out to Andy, we had a solid initial conversation and he sent me the script. At that point the hitchhiker role (Vincent) was still up for being retold and it fell into place very naturally. As a producer, I wanted to help Andy’s vision become fully realized and I reached out and brought in a...
How did you get involved with Destination Marfa as a producer and one of the film's co-stars?
The project kept coming across my radar where it no longer felt coincidental. Often these projects and roles serendipitously chase you. It literally felt like a case of pronoia to me. So I reached out to Andy, we had a solid initial conversation and he sent me the script. At that point the hitchhiker role (Vincent) was still up for being retold and it fell into place very naturally. As a producer, I wanted to help Andy’s vision become fully realized and I reached out and brought in a...
- 8/20/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Stelio Savante (Running For Grace), Robia Scott (Unplanned), Jessica Koloian (Courageous Love), Robert Amaya (Mom’s Night Out), and Sharonne Lanier (The Resident) have joined the cast of writer/director George Johnson’s (NATAS Lgl Emmy Award-Winning Director of “Haunted” by The Guess Who) human trafficking thriller Pulled From Darkness. The cast also includes Todd Terry and Mark Lowry.
Executive Produced by Lonnie and Connie Norris, Pulled From Darkness is inspired by the incredible true story of a woman who was abducted in the night, torn from her children, and sold into trafficking after her husband lost her in a night of gambling.
Pulled From Darkness, an expanded version of Johnson’s documentary short of the same name – now told in feature-film form, is scheduled to begin filming in the late fall, in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines.
Stelio Savante
Robia Scott
Jessica Koloian
Robert Amaya
Sharonne Lanier...
Executive Produced by Lonnie and Connie Norris, Pulled From Darkness is inspired by the incredible true story of a woman who was abducted in the night, torn from her children, and sold into trafficking after her husband lost her in a night of gambling.
Pulled From Darkness, an expanded version of Johnson’s documentary short of the same name – now told in feature-film form, is scheduled to begin filming in the late fall, in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines.
Stelio Savante
Robia Scott
Jessica Koloian
Robert Amaya
Sharonne Lanier...
- 8/13/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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