A few weeks ago I joined around 150 folks to watch a special Preview of GOSNELL: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer.a The movie will be released nationwide on October 12th. Executive Producer, John Sullivan, was able to join us in Pensacola for the preview and offer some of his observations on the production of the famous 2013 trial of Kermit Gosnell.
Gosnell owned and operated abortion facilities in Pennsylvania for over three decades. He was convicted of illegal late-term abortions, unsafe working conditions, and the killing of three infants who survived the abortion procedure. There are more horrific details to the Gosnell story which the viewer can easily access online.
The movie has overcome a host of difficulties. Executive Director John Sullivan is quoted in Variety saying:
“I’ve been on hard films before, but this one was particularly difficult … Hollywood is afraid of this content. It’s a true story the media tried to ignore from the very beginning, so I wasn’t surprised to see Hollywood ignore us.”
The movie was difficult to watch. The producers found a delicate balance between preserving the emotional tension when discussing the topic of abortion and at the same time keeping the profoundly graphic nature of any abortion images hidden from the viewer. The conversations throughout the movie offered a glimpse into the nature of the Gosnell clinic, but more than that it offered a portrait of a man convinced that his murderous actions were legitimate services to his clients.
GOSNELL is a tragically needed movie. It was a reminder that evil can hide its face behind the closed doors of an innercity facility. It can hide its face masquerading as benevolent community services executed by a classical musician whose fingers ran easily across piano keys by day and instruments of death by night.
When October 12th comes, go watch GOSNELL. See for yourself the logical consequences of Roe v. Wade. See for yourself how America’s biggest serial killer was legitimized, protected and encouraged to continue to murder for decades. It’s time we wake up from our slumber. Human beings are being killed in the name of “women’s rights.” May GOSNELL cry loudly on October 12th and may it cause a nationwide earthquake in the conscience of our nation.
- Hosted by Emerald Coast Coalition for Life, especially board member Pastor Alan Stout (back)
