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‘Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot’ Review: Inspirational Drama Looks to Faith as a Healing Force for Foster Care
'Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot,' a Christian-themed drama produced by Letitia Wright’s company, focuses on a church's adoption efforts.
The East Texas town of Possum Trot received national notice in 2008 when ABC News, followed by “Oprah” and a slew of television shows that knew a heart-warmer when they saw it, sang the deserved praises of Rev. The minster, now a bishop, and the first lady of the Bennett Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in that piquantly named town of 600 were the leaders of an adoption crusade in the mid-’90s that changed the lives of more than 70 children who seemingly had been condemned to the foster care system. A camera flies low over the rust-colored dirt roads, green hills and woods of “Deep East Texas 1996.” If that label doesn’t make a claim on the southern roots of the people, the opening gospel song will.
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