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How Director Luke Barnett Was Inspired to Create Viral Short Film ‘The Crossing Over Express’ After Receiving a Message From His Late Mother


Luke Barnett received a video message from his late mother and transformed the experience into the viral short film "The Crossing Over Express."

Barnett was right, as his short film inspired by this experience, “ The Crossing Over Express,” has received an outpouring of support and over a half million views in its first 72 hours since he posted it on X. Barnett stars in the film as a man who pays what appears to be a doctor of sorts (played by Emmy nominee Dot-Marie Jones from “Glee”) who travels in the back of a large truck and can raise the dead – but only for two minutes at a time. “Faith Based,” which starred Jason Alexander, Margaret Cho and Lance Reddick, ended up getting a bit lost during the pandemic, but led Barnett to his manager, Courtney Petrakis, who he says really believed in him as a multi-hyphenate.

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