A Long Way From Sunday

Set in the urban community of Roxbury, Massachusetts, A Long Way from Sunday is a gritty, faith-inspired film about Reverend U. C. Williams, a devout, fire and brimstone, Pentecostal pastor who loves God, family and community.  When faced with the horrifying truth of his daughter, April William's childhood molestation at the hands of his best friend and deacon of his church, he must face his darkest days and ask himself, "Has God's unconditional love changed or has his?"  Seen through the eyes and special bond of Andre, his insightful and rambunctious, ten-year-old grandson, U.C. fights to save the sanity of his church, which is in foreclosure, his wife, who feels emotionally and spiritually neglected, his daughter, who suffers serious psychological trauma and psychosis, and his grandson, who along with his two sisters, becomes entrapped in the bureaucratic foster care system.  While attempting to regain his own spiritual convictions and faith in God, U.C. and his wife set out to find their grandchildren and save their daughter from further mental damage at the hands of a new street smart, psychological abuser.  As U.C.'s life unravels and his spiritual convictions in crisis, he must decide if integrity is paramount and if the will to survive and prosper over adversity, regardless of circumstances or beliefs, should take precedent over the oppressive nature of man. If faith is believing in that which is unseen, who will U.C. ultimately choose; the sanctification of God or the sanity of his family? What lessons does Andre discover, as everyone around him navigates a long way from Sunday? In the end, the devoted and loyal servant of God, makes the ultimate sacrifice and chooses family over faith, resulting in the burning down of his church, his best friend’s death, and his own incarceration.  Not since Robert Duval's THE APOSTLE, has there been a film laced with so much brevity and gravel. It offers a realistic approach at what it is like to be a part of a male dominated religious hierarchy and the residual affects it has on the mental health of families when female voices are stifled and oppressed.