Atlanta natives write-direct ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ starring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown

It’s a combination of comedy and the church you didn’t know you needed.

Filmed right here in Atlanta, “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul” was written and directed by Atlanta natives and twin sisters, Adamma and Adanne Ebo. The two filmmakers got an all-star lineup for their film – the movie stars Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown, produced by Daniel Kaluuya, with Jordan Peele acting as executive producer.

“It’s a satirical dark comedy about the first lady of a southern Baptist megachurch and how she and her pastor husband want to rebuild their congregation after a scandal,” the sisters said. “It’s a ride,” they laughed. Growing up in Atlanta heavily influenced the sister’s new project. “We’re from here, we’re Atlanta natives and we grew up during the height of megachurch culture in the early 2000′s and so it’s very much based on our experiences and kind of our frustrations with it but also our love of it,” they added.

Getting support from the Atlanta film community and the cast and crew also played a big part in making the movie. The sisters say Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown were amazing to work with. “They uplifted us as first-time feature filmmakers and as Black women first-time feature filmmakers,” they said. They wanted us to succeed no matter what.”

Since Atlanta is home to the Ebo sisters, filming the movie here was reminiscent of their childhood, in more ways than one. “It was amazing,” the sisters said. “There was just such a familiarity there. The main church that we shot at was only like 15 minutes away from our parents’ house and we stayed at home, we didn’t stay in a hotel, we just stayed in our childhood room. So, it just felt really good going from home to set every day.”