Updates
News from the road
Monthly updates from the Resurrecting Love team on screenings, festivals, and how to bring the film to your community.
2026
- Prairie View A&M and a Town Council screening"FYI, plans are being finalized for screening of our film at Texas Prairie View A & M, outside of Houston, for the weekend of Feb. 19-21st. One of...
- Finalist at the Golden Lion Geneva AwardsDuring this the year of our country's 250th birthday celebration, we feel that passing Resurrecting Love on to the world is our contribution toward...
- We are trying to finish our filmPasssing Resurrecting Love on to the world - that is our goal for the year. Our hope is that 2026 will bring the movie to thousands around the world...
2025
- A letter from China: Happy New YearAt a moment when our nation and world are yearning for healing, meaning, and deeper connection, we invite you to help steward a rare and powerful...
- Best Feature DocumentaryThe movie has a powerful effect on audiences. And this was the case at BAMFF in Oakland in August and at the Oakland International Film Festival in...
- Oakland: BAM Film Fest and the Oakland International Film FestivalThe movie has a powerful effect on audiences. And this was the case in Oakland on Sunday August 3rd at BAM. Stay tuned here for videos showing some...
2024
- After the world premiere: distribution and Wiley CollegeMuch to report. It's been busy for us. We have been looking for distribution, new screening opportunities and building a partnership with Wiley...
- Invited to the Global Peace Film FestivalYow, more good news - but at a very late date: we have been invited to another festival just 2 days after the world premiere screening at Morehouse.
- Premiere details: Morehouse College Human Rights Film FestivalHere are the screening date and details for our premiere screening in Atlanta at the:
- Invited to premiere at Morehouse CollegeWe will be informed of the actual screening dates and times in early August, but we wanted you to know the overall festival dates as soon as we did....
- Black History Month: the time for Resurrecting LoveAs you may have already heard, the Screening at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley (UUCB) was an immense success. It has gained us a new...
- The Berkeley screening was an immense successThe Screening at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley (UUCB) was an immense success. It has gained us a new audience, the seeds of financial...
- The first public screeningThe time is here. You can be part of the audience to see the first public screening of Resurrecting Love.
2023
- Announcing the first public screeningThis, you will notice, is the day before Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. This screening is set this day as part of a birthday celebration for the...
- In the headlinesThis photo is from the front page article of the New York Times and features Olivewood Cemetery which we include in our documentary film,...
- China's September thoughts“Together, you can redeem the soul of our nation,” said Congressman John Lewis
- We are getting thereOur goal, first and foremost, is to finish our movie and get it onto screens across this country and the world. We are told that it is important that...
- Happy 4th and beyondWe had some excitement coming into this month. On June 25th in Teaneck, New Jersey, some people who had seen the present cut of Resurrecting Love at...
- A note from China: an end in sightIt’s me, China, writing the update this month, instead of Barry Opper, the unflagging producer at the core of our production team.
- We are halfway homeResurrecting Love is a feature length documentary film about race, reconciliation and "keeping on keeping on":
- A cut for private preview screeningsIt's China's producing partner Barry here this month. We're pretty excited to be completing a cut of our feature length documentary for screening...
- More good news: the picture is lockedWe are on our way to finishing our movie. The picture is locked - which means we can now mix picture with sound (music, sound effects, narration). We...
Letters and background
- The best news: our matching grant is metWe have now met the requirements of our matching grant from the Rudolph Steiner Foundation and can use the $36,000 raised to put toward the finish of...
- A note from China: why we are finishing this filmSome of you know about our efforts down through the years to bring attention to the struggle for a Black descendent community in East Texas to regain...
- A letter of support from Lillie AllenI’m writing in support of China Galland’s request for funds to complete Resurrecting Love, an independent documentary that shows how us one small...
- China Galland and her journeyChina was born in East Texas but she moved with her immediate family to grow up in Chicago. However she went back often to connect with relatives...
- A letter about the film