Article June 19, 1971 Issue

God: The Producer and Director

THOMAS ALLEN TAFFEL

There were almost too many reasons why I couldn't make a motion picture for Pan American World Airways. I was a college student without financial backing, technical training, or practical experience.

And yet, the project seemed right. As I silenced human will— what I wanted and how I thought it should be done—I was able to listen for the Christ, Truth, and to follow the Father's guidance. I began by selecting a partner with whom I would produce, direct, film, edit, and sound-track our senior thesis. However, he soon dropped out of school, leaving me high and dry, apparently without means for fulfilling the financial and moral commitment to complete the film.

Since I'd never handled a motion picture camera before, and only forty-four days remained before I was committed to begin filming at Kennedy International Airport, my professor was rather pessimistic. His doubts concerning the successful outcome of the film compelled me to reexamine my motives in undertaking such a project as well as my abilities.

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