Sacred Stages: A Church, A Theatre, and A Story
Overview
Sacred Stages: A Church, A Theatre, and A Story tells the unique and inspiring story of the relationship between the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple—Chicago’s oldest Christian congregation—and Silk Road Rising, founded in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Silk Road Rising and the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple have built, figuratively, a Sacred Stage. Watch the film and then come for the blessings!
Includes interviews with:
Rev. Philip Blackwell, Malik Gillani, Cheryl Hamada, Jann Ingmire, Jamil Khoury, Rev. Claude King, Michael Leech, Jonni Miklos, Adriana Sevahn Nichols, Megha Ralapati, David Rhee, and Brenda Russell
Creative Team
Directed, Edited, and Produced by
- Malik Gillani
- Jamil Khoury
Directors of Photography
- Deann Baker
- Stephen Combs
Digital Imaging Technician
- Deann Baker
Script Consultant
- Jon Steinhagen
Production Managers
- Caitlin Duerinck
- Corey Pond
Music Composer
- Peter J .Storms
Photographers and Videographers
- Deann Baker
- Michael Brosilow
- Stephen Combs
- Dale Heinen
- Marty Higginbotham
- Joe Jensen
- Johnny Knight
Archival footage, b-roll clips, and still photos courtesy of Silk Road Rising. Archival photos of the Chicago Temple courtesy of the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple and Bailey Edward Architecture.
All other images courtesy of the public domain.
Essays
Special Thanks
The First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events CityArts Program
Illinois Arts Council Agency
National Endowment for the Arts
Screening History
- April 25, 2014 | Mennonite Church of Normal, Normal, Illinois
- May 4, 2014 | Silk Road Rising, Chicago, Illinois
- May 18, 2014 | Silk Road Rising, Chicago, Illinois
- May 21, 2014 | University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- May 27, 2014 | Silk Road Rising, Chicago, Illinois
- June 1, 2014 | Silk Road Rising, Chicago, Illinois
- February 4, 2015 | Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
- July 15, 2016 | The University of Chicago Startalk Program, hosted at Silk Road Rising, Chicago, Illinois
- October 13, 2016 | Al-Nour Mosque, Hamburg, Germany
- March 31, 2017 | Religion Communicators Council Conference, hosted at St. James Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois
- September 26, 2019 | The University of Chicago Divinity School, hosted at Silk Road Rising, Chicago, Illinois
- September 22, 2021 | The University of Chicago Divinity School, hosted online by Silk Road Rising, Chicago, Illinois