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May 16, 2024 · POSSUM TROT, Texas (KLTV) - In the Pineywoods of Shelby County resides a community of families that embraced some of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster care system. Over 20 years later, they’re getting a movie made.
Aug 30, 2012 · There’s a small country church in Possom Trot, Texas – a tiny former logging town – with a very big accomplishment. Led by the Bishop W.C. Martin and his wife, Donna, the congregation at Bennett...
Jun 17, 2024 · It begins with Donna Martin (Nika King), the wife of Reverend Martin (Demetrius Grosse) mourning the loss of her mother in a Christian church called Bennet Chapel located in a small East Texas town...
Jul 3, 2024 · The community’s effort is now the subject of the film Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, which hits theaters July 4. Executive produced by Letitia Wright ( Black Panther ), the film had a...
Inspired by a true story, the film follows Donna and Reverend Martin of Possum Trot, Texas as they ignite a fire in the hearts of their rural church to embrace kids in foster care that no one else would take in.
Jul 3, 2024 · A new movie, “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot,” opening on July 4, tells the story of the Martins and their town. The Monitor spoke with the couple via video call.
Mar 5, 2024 · The fight for kids begins now. Inspired by the powerful true story, Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, follows Donna and Reverend Martin as they ignite a fire in the hearts of their rural church to embrace kids in the foster system that nobody else would take.
Jul 4, 2024 · The titular Possum Trot is, of course, the setting of this based-on-a-true-story tale, a majority-Black small town in East Texas fueled by its vibrant Baptist church, led by charismatic reverend W.C. Martin ( Demetrius Grosse ).
Jul 4, 2024 · Based on the true story of how Reverend Martin and his wife Donna Martin, in their small Bennett Chapel church of Possum Trot, East Texas, were able to help 77 of the most difficult to place children become adopted by 22 families.
May 27, 2024 · By doing the impossible –adopting 77 children– this East Texas community called “Possum Trot” proved that, with real, determined love, the battle for America’s most vulnerable can be won.
