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New Russ Parr Movie, The Undershepherd, Unveiled

The WKYS radio DJ, Russ Parr, keeps proving you can follow your dreams and still rock a 9-5. The DJ has gone Hollywood with the making of his sixth film, The Undershepherd, starring Isaiah Washington, Clifton Powell, and Vanessa Calloway.

A premiere of the film took place Tuesday evening at the AFI Silver Screen theatre in downtown Silver Spring. (See video below).



The film shows the dichotomy of religion which speaks directly to the experience of the movie's film maker, Russ Parr.

"I remember I was a member of a church with my mom. I was about 12 years old. It hit me one day that the pastor’s daughters, who my age, they were having sex and I was shocked to know that", Parr revealed in an interview earlier this month with the Patch newspaper.




"I started to look at the pastor and the first lady up there [at the pulpit] preaching about giving $200 and getting $200 worth of blessings. You give $50 and only get $50. I thought ‘woah this is about money,’ guilting people out of money."

In the wake of several ministerial scandals over the years, perhaps the most recognizable one of late in the African American church with Bishop Eddie Long, pastor of the mega New Birth Missionary church in Atlanta, Georgia, Parr scratches the surface of the ideology of religion, bringing it to the silver screen.

While Parr isn't pointing fingers at all ministers, he does suggest that worshippers hold their religious leaders accountable.

"I want people to basically hold these people accountable that you give your dollars to. It’s amazing how some of these pastors will sit up and take your money, [and] violate everything that you believe in."

Certainly, there has also been scandal rocking the Catholic church as well.  One that has seemingly existed for decades surrounding the molestation of children and young alter boys.

The world has witnessed an Occupy Wall Street movement designed to call out corrupt American financial institutions.  Perhaps an Occupy The Church movement isn't that far behind.

Russ, are you ready?

For more visit www.uptoparr.com, and www.therussparrmorningshow.com.

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