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Glen Penfield’s inspiring true story brings us hope to unite scientific and religious explanations of the universe. In an Indiana Jones like detective adventure, Glen who is both a geologist and a man of faith discovers the end of the dinosaurs and origin of human life on earth.

Synopsis

While searching for oil in 1978 Glen encounters never-before-seen results. beneath sixty-six million years of sediment at a massive asteroid crater in Yucatan Mexico. He discovers more than oil. He uncovers what killed the dinosaurs, making way for the origin of the human race.

Now he must convince the world.

Glen believes that his discovery is a message from God.

Once he overcomes his hubris and ambition to forward his personal career, and shifts his focus to loving his family, he finds a piece of the asteroid rock that solidifies his theory and elevates his standing in the scientific community.

Glen moves on to his new quest- to warn that another strike is likely to happen again, as laid out in the Book of Revelation as “a great star, blazing like a torch, which falls from the sky.”

NASA embraces Glen’s discovery, realizing that the future of humanity depends on a new mission – to track and deflect catastrophic asteroids.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

James Guyer – Producer
Jim is Principal of The Calling Production a film production company. He has produced Ping Pong Summer, directed by Michael Tully and starring Susan Sarandon and Lea Thompson; The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife (A Dangerous Practice), directed by Gustavo Fernandez starring James Faulkner, Danton Mello, and Juliana Paes and Executive Produced Sasquatch Sunset starring Jessie Eisenburg and Riley Keough. Jim is inspired that Frank Capra was an engineer prior to his film career – Jim was an Engineer with a University of London Masters in Law practicing domestic and international dispute resolution on major construction projects.

Kevin Bernhardt — Writer
Kevin has over 34 produced screenplays ranging from commercial action to critically and spiritually-acclaimed films. In the past 4 years, he has had 4 films shot as a writer/producer with budgets ranging up to $30 million. His work has included Academy Award winners and nominees including Michael Caine, Dennis Hopper, Patti LuPone, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, John Lithgow, Nick Nolte, Djimon Hounsou, and Sylvester Stallone.

George Rush – Legal/Sales Rep
George M. Rush is an attorney who has practiced law since 2001 and is dedicated to supporting independent filmmakers, stewarding them in the business and legal issues to make films both commercial and artistic successes. His clients include producers, directors, screenwriters and investors in development, production and distribution phases of filmmaking George also produces films, including: Entertainment, directed by Rick Alverson and starring Gregg Turkington and John C. Reilly.; Ping Pong Summer, directed by Michael Tully and starring Susan Sarandon and Lea Thompson (Sundance 2014); The Informant, a documentary directed by Jamie Meltzer (2012 Doc NYC Grand Jury Prize Winner); and 4th and Goal, a documentary directed by Nina Gilden Seavey (2010); Sorry to Bother You, which sold for a near record seven-figure deal at Sundance 2018.

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