“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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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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