FREE IN DEED World Cinema

Based on true events, FREE IN DEED tells the story of a young mother struggling to raise her special-needs son. When she turns to a local storefront church for help, a lonely Pentecostal minister is forced to confront his own demons as he wrestles with the boy’s seemingly incurable illness. Writer/director Jake Mahaffy spent almost a decade working on this follow-up to his previous film WELLNESS (AFI FEST 2008). Mahaffy’s eye for crafting intimate and unusual compositions immerses the audience in the world of his characters. What results is a tremendous movie, illustrating how a village comes together to help a child. With stunning and heartbreaking performances from David Harewood and Edwina Findley, FREE IN DEED is not to be missed. –Lane Kneedler