CROSSING INTO HEAVEN
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Sharla Butler, a high school track star, impresses her coach enough to put the girl on the varsity. Later, she leads her team to a state championship. Suddenly the young girl is stricken with an illness, and as she is faced with her own mortality she blazes a trail led by her faith in the greatest race of her young life.
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Born in Dallas, Texas, Maurice has written and directed two award winning shorts and one feature film. He was formerly represented by a signatory writer's guild agent and has written freelance op-ed for his hometown's large newspaper. Maurice spent a lot of time on movie sets as an extra to study the great directors like Leonard Katzman of television's DALLAS series. The ability to bring those experiences to his own movie sets has given him the confidence to take his work to the next level.
Director - Maurice Durham
AD - Elgin Young
A Dallas native, Elgin is just as much a triple threat, handling a lion's share of duties on every set he has worked on. He has been the 1st AD on all of Maurice's film projects, and is also a talented writer. After honing his skills Elgin is ready to write and make his directoral debut on his own project. Elgin and Maurice attended the same high school, though they didn't know each other until meeting on their job.
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