“It’s all about relationships and it’s all about where we keep our minds as entertainers.” “When they say DC and it’s young men like this, we’re going to be here,” said Powell, who plays the church’s facilities director. Powell, a Washington, D.C., native, added in the same discussion that their participation helps dispel a fallacy about African-American actors leaving their hometowns behind when they head to Hollywood. “This wasn’t about getting paid,” he said. Rucker, who played a church elder who declared that GiGi “doesn’t look like a Christian to me,” said in a panel discussion after the premiere that productions like these are “a labor of love” for actors like him. Jenkins said he’s hoping it will expand to other theaters and churches. The directors coordinated around the schedules of their more well-known actors, including Lamman Rucker (of “Greenleaf,” an Oprah Winfrey Network drama about a family that runs a black megachurch) and Clifton Powell (of “Ray,” the 2004 movie about musician Ray Charles).Īfter selling out at the movie theater, the film is set to screen again the last weekend in March. Their independent film, which has a six-figure budget, was shot in 16 days, with some scenes set in two neighboring Baptist churches in Washington, D.C. Similarly, the Jenkins brothers have relied on their church for support of their production, with many of the extras coming from their Maryland congregation.Īctors Clifton Powel as Peters, left, and Kenneth Wayne as Pastor Leo in a scene from “Sinners Wanted.” Photo courtesy of Jenk InkĪctor Lamman Rucker, right, plays Elder Roberts in the new film “Sinners Wanted.” Photo courtesy of Jenk Ink Some of the Kendricks’ earliest films were supported by volunteers from their Albany, Ga., church who provided most of the cast, crew and catering.
“That’s one of the big things I got from it: Follow God’s will before you try to follow your will and when you do that, God can really bless you.” “They told me that the God idea works,” he said. Jimmy Jenkins said he sought out the Kendrick brothers for advice last year and their discussion encouraged him. They follow others in the faith-related film business, including brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin, creators of “ Woodlawn,” and Alex and Stephen Kendrick, whose movie “ War Room” had the seventh-highest box office success for a Christian film. Jenkins, 28, a filmmaker since age 22, partnered with his older brother, the leader of the young adult and drama ministries at their father’s First Baptist Church of Glenarden, to present the film through their company Jenk Ink LLC. Photo courtesy of First Baptist Church of Glenarden The movie, which focuses on the need for forgiveness and on welcoming people frowning church elders considered undesirable, was presented last year at several film festivals, including the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles.īrothers Joshua, left, and Jimmy Jenkins at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden Film Ministry’s premiere of the “Sinners Wanted” film on March 16, 2019, at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Md. Shepherd, the brand-new pastor, responds with a verse about God’s grace. An usher asks a scantily clad Gigi: “Why are you disturbing our service?” Near the start of the movie, Gigi comes into the black Washington, D.C., church, beaten and bruised after a difficult night. “I wanted to take it and create it into a modern-day story that people can understand how much God loves humanity.” “It came from the book of Hosea - Hosea, Chapter 3, verse 1 - when God told Hosea to go love a prostitute to show Israel how much he loves her,” said Jimmy Jenkins, the younger of the two brothers, in an interview. Photo courtesy of Jenk InkĪshley Rios, right, portrays the prostitute Ginger “GiGi” Clementine in the new film “Sinners Wanted.” Photo courtesy of Jenk Ink Actor Kenneth Wayne as Pastor Leo Shepherd in the new film “Sinners Wanted”.
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