“She’s smart as a whip, tremendously talented and she’s got the biggest heart you can imagine,” he said. Then he shared a funny anecdote from the prior evening, when they had gathered for a dinner party at the Piedmont Driving Club and found heaven on a plate: those famous butter-soaked saltines. “We couldn’t stop eating them!”

Hall, who has spoken in Atlanta before, is grateful for the opportunity to share his story and the foundation’s mission to a wide audience through the movie.

“They signed up for more than a film. They signed up for a movement,” he said of the cast and crew. “We’re going to change America, one person at a time.”

Voight found it rewarding to work on an uplifting film with a positive message at a time when headlines out of Hollywood seem dominated by allegations of harassment, assault and lewd behavior.

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