Bright Spark: The Reconciliation of Trevor Southey

Overview

Bright Spark: The Reconciliation of Trevor Southey follows the journey of artist Trevor Southey, a convert to the LDS Church from British Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) who dreamed of being a Latter-day Michelangelo and transforming Temple Square into a place where people came from around the world to look at the art. He immigrated to Utah in the mid-1960s and soon found a gang of like-minded artists at BYU. These artists formed a loose art colony in Alpine, Utah to pursue their dreams. It all came crashing down when Trevor's homosexuality was exposed and he was excommunicated from the Church. Thirty years later, as his adult daughter suffers a major health crisis, the Church steps in to help and he finds himself in the strange position of being fellowshipped and invited to rejoin the Church that rejected him. "Bright Spark" explores conflicts of personal freedom, religious belonging, and artistic expression with honesty and compassion.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 14, 2022

Original language

English

Production

Purdie Distribution

Cast

Trevor Southey,Neil Hadlock,Gary E Smith,Nathan Florence,Dennis Smith

Director

Nathan Florence,Matt Black

Writer

Nathan Florence

Producer

Nathan Florence,Geralyn White Dreyfous

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt8822586