Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (also simply known as Possum Trot) is a 2024 American drama film directed by Joshua Weigel, and co-written by Rebekah Weigel. Actress and activist Letitia Wright serves as executive producer. The film was produced by Peacetree Productions and distributed by Angel Studios.
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot was released on July 4, 2024. and showcased a very real issue that is still happening all over the world, including our country.
Sound of Hope is based on the true story of a small church in the rural town of Possum Trot, Texas, which set out to welcome as many at-risk foster children as they could handle into their homes. It follows specifically the story of Reverend and Donna Martin, who are the leaders in this quest to adopt as many kids as possible. They already have two of their own, including one with special needs, but over the course of the film they adopt four more, each with their own needs and challenges. They encouraged 22 families to adopt 77 children in the foster care system.
The focus on the value of human life and the vulnerability of children is welcome. The movie also shows the story of a community working together to combat this evil situation. These families are unable to handle all these foster kids alone; however, when they come together as a church and town community, they do great things. These people showed radical love to these children by welcoming them into their homes, and this film tells that story in an inspiring way, but also in a way that feels very real and true to life, not sugarcoating the difficulties but showing how people can and did overcome them. The film makers did not try and make adoption look easy. As explained in the movie, we have not been created to live easy lives. We live to carry the burden of others like Christ did. Mr. and Mrs. Martin and their congregation show us what this looks like.
This is an important movie to give the average person a glimpse of the of an often-overlooked problem, while focusing on the power of God.
This is a motivating movie for all Christians. It would be a good movie to show any house parents you might be interviewing, if they have never fostered or adopted children.