{"id":7647,"date":"2017-10-03T14:39:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T18:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7647"},"modified":"2017-10-03T14:40:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T18:40:55","slug":"giving-back-inspirational-true-story-charles-mully-hits-theaters-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2017\/10\/giving-back-inspirational-true-story-charles-mully-hits-theaters-tonight.html","title":{"rendered":"Giving back: The inspirational true story of Charles Mully hits theaters tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The documentary <em>Mully<\/em> opens for a three-night run in specially-selected theaters beginning tonight (10\/3-10\/5).<\/strong> The film tells the story of Charles Mully. As a six-year-old boy in Kenya, he was abandoned by his family and left to fend for himself on the streets.\u00a0 From there, he rose to become an extraordinarily successful and wealthy businessman. But this is no ordinary rags-to-riches tale. Searching for meaning in his life, Charles Mully, turns his back on his wealth and instead sets out to improve the lives of orphaned children across Kenya. Jeopardizing his own life and the security of his family, he risks everything and sets in motion an amazing and inspirational series of events. The movie is directed by Scott Haze. The trailer is below followed by a CNN interview with the man himself.\u00a0 For info, including where to find a theater showing the film, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mullymovie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MullyMovie.com<\/a>. \u00a0 that is nothing short of astonishing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Mully Theatrical Trailer | The Inspiring True Story of a Man Who Saved Thousands\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L3HGRf4noSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Charles Mully  talks to CNN about Mully movie, helping children in Kenya\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BwyPYbVAUbU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1502536908066_86829\" class=\"yiv7696492521WordSection1\">\n<div id=\"yiv8034324887gmail-m_-3828279162434007738gmail-m_6539296872194960353gmail-m_-159158610766318480gmail-m_6748865480660716383yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500892998438_41934\" dir=\"ltr\"><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><em>John W. Kennedy is a writer\/development consultant specializing in teleplays, screenplays and novelizations<\/em>. He can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:john@jwkmedia.com\">john@jwkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture: The documentary Mully opens for a three-night run in specially-selected theaters beginning tonight (10\/3-10\/5). The film tells the story of Charles Mully. As a six-year-old boy in Kenya, he was abandoned by his family and left to fend for himself on the streets.\u00a0 From there,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1591,24],"tags":[9234,9233],"class_list":["post-7647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-works","category-movies","tag-charles-mully","tag-documentary-mully"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Giving back: The inspirational true story of Charles Mully hits theaters tonight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2017\/10\/giving-back-inspirational-true-story-charles-mully-hits-theaters-tonight.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giving back: The inspirational true story of Charles Mully hits theaters tonight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture: The documentary Mully opens for a three-night run in specially-selected theaters beginning tonight (10\/3-10\/5). 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