Award-Winning Gospel Singer Helen Baylor and Award-Winning Filmmaker Cassandra Hollis are co-producing the Biopic Feature Film,
A PRAYING GRANDMOTHER: THE HELEN BAYLOR STORY
We Need Your Help!
Gospel Great Helen Baylor shared part of her compelling life story in the introduction of her hit song, Lifting Up The Name of Jesus, also known as Helens Testimony, on The Live Experience album released in 1994. Since then, the song has stayed in rotation and has continually been requested by fans on radio stations throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Ms. Baylor was a 12 yr old R&B singing sensation and at age 17 became an original cast member of HAIR West Coast when it premiered in 1968. In the 1970s, she sang back up for Chaka Khan and Captain and Tennille and headlined the group Side Effect. She was a rising star with a soulful voice like no other singer.
Despite her early success, she was battling the reality of being sexually abused at age 6, becoming a teen mother, struggling with an addiction to cocaine and other drugs and looking for love in all the wrong places. If it were not for her Grandmother Hudsons Prayers, Helen believes she would not be here today! She had A PRAYING GRANDMOTHER!
By the mid 1980s, Ms. Baylor had given her life to the Lord and later became a chart-topping Gospel Artist, winning 4 Dove Awards, 2 Stellar Awards and the Soul Train Lady of Soul Award.
The Making of A Film
Ms. Baylor saw Cassandra Hollis on a local television talk show discussing her films two years ago. Helen knew right away that Cassandra was the person to bring her life story to the screen and contacted her.
During Pre-Development, Cassandra adapted Ms. Baylors autobiography, No Greater Love: The Helen Baylor Story into a gripping screenplay. The song, "Helen's Testimony," and the book have been impacting lives around the world with people being healed of the pain of abuse and being delivered from drugs.
We believe the film will reach even more people and thus have a more profound impact on lives!
Visit www.holyhillproductions.com to see Cassandra Hollis previous films.
Cast
We have an ideal A-list Cast in mind for the lead roles and these are rich characters that any thespian would want to dig their chops into. The story is full of a myriad of multi-layered characters that will have you expressing every emotion in response.
How You Can Help and The Great Perks You Get
Our goal is to raise $6,000.00 to help cover development costs such as LLC Formation, Script Breakdown and Coverage; Budget; Business Plan; Film Package Development and other development costs.
Please look over to your right to Check out the Perks that reflect a fraction of our appreciation for your support. NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL. :-)
Other Ways You Can Help
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You Can Also Pray For The Film! We appreciate our Prayer Partners:
www.hollywoodprayernetwork.com
http://100prayingwomen.ning.com/
Follow Us On Twitter: @HelenBaylorFilm
Email: prayinggrandmotherfilm@gmail.com
We really appreciate you for stopping by to check out our project! Please join us on the journey of bringing this important film to the big screen. Thank you!
Team on This Campaign:
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Cassandra HollisDirector/Co-Producer/Writer
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Helen BaylorCo-Producer
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Craig TollisAssociate Producer
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Jovan Baylor HarrisExecutive Assistant To Helen Baylor