Media Project #3

A non-fictional, linear mini-documentary on the life and times of the man who was the founding force of today's healing televangelists. William Brahnam, a humble preacher from Jeffersonville, Indiana, inspired an entire movement amongst all denominations during the 1940-60s. He went from his small church setting to packed auditoriums all around the world overnight. The narrative would tell of his unusual birth across the Ohio River in Kentucky, giving eye witness accounts concerning a sign from heaven, a bright light that hung over his bed after he was born. This same light appearing when he was baptizing believers in the Ohio River as a young minister that was seen by hundreds of people at the time. Interviews with surviving relatives in which they relate their memories of what really happened. Researched archives of what happened in those evangelistic crusades across the globe would be brought to light and the story of the encounter with an angel sent from God to gift the preacher with healing and the word of knowledge to be a sign, so people would believe God. Backdrop of places where he preached. Interviews with present day evangelists telling of Branham's influence on their ministry today. Possibly finding individuals or their children remebering how the miracles impacted their lives. The target audience are those christians who know a little about evangelism today and are interested in why some things are done the way they are in pentecostal or charismatic groups. Also, anyone who likes the bizarre and supernatural from a secular standpoint.