The Southern Film Circuit at Presbyterian College will present its first film, “Mango Dreams,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2017, in the Herrington Peachtree Amphitheater. The screening is free and open to the public.

Directed and produced by John Upchurch, co-produced by Mazahir Rahim, the 2016 film is a story that provokes thought between laughter, promotes healing between tears, delivers not only truth but also compassion. Yet above all, it inspires hope. This storytelling film is about a Hindu doctor with dementia and a Muslim auto rickshaw driver who form an unlikely friendship as they journey a thousand miles across India in a rickshaw.

The inspiration is to portray an oral tradition called spinning yarn. This was one of the deep ties to the South. Spinning yarn is a dying art and the local storytellers would tell a story while participating in the activity. John Upchurch grew up in a rural, farming town in North Carolina thus he was always around storytellers in the community and found a fascination in the art. Upchurch wanted to bring people together to watch and listen to a not only entertaining story but one that will change people. Mango Dreams brings that notion to life.

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