“Risqué" Film Premieres at Church This Saturday

The controversy continues on schedule. Saturday, September 10th marks the premiere of the Kokomo-produced film, "Beating the Bunny," about a teenage boy who suffers from an addiction to pornography and nightmares filled with attacks by a giant, evil, pink bunny.

According to MSNBC, the primary group of Internet pornography users are boys aged 12-17. "Beating the Bunny" aims to reach this particular demographic with its message of breaking the bond of porn in ones’ life. It premieres Saturday, September 10, 8:30-9:30 PM at Crossroads Community Church, 1025 E. 400 S. Kokomo. Following the screening, there will be an informal discussion about pornography. This event is free to the public. The trailer of the film can be downloaded at http://www.beatingthebunny.com.

The film has already received some intense opposition from within the Christian community. Three Christian film distributors have rejected the film, labeling it as too "risqué for the Christian market," although there is nothing explicitly sexual in the piece.

The director of the 24-minute film, Carl Obremski, believes that the rejection stems from a general shyness towards porn addiction.

"Families and churches can’t keep avoiding the porn issue," he claims, "I’ve had women tell me, ‘no, it won’t happen to my sweet, innocent daughter.’ And I say, yes, it could happen. If you don’t talk to your kids about porn, their school friends certainly will. I understand that it’s hard to open up that kind of discussion, but that’s why I made ‘Beating the Bunny,’ to make it easier."

That’s not to say there is no support for the film. Obremski reports that several churches and a Christian book publisher have invited him to present on numerous occasions. Crossroads Community Church, with approximately 2000 in weekly attendance, fully supports the promotion of the project.

Perhaps because it hits a nerve with teens.

Because of adolescents’ notoriously short attention spans, the film approaches the topic with an angle uncommon to treatments of such a serious topic—humor and camp.

"I’ve seen way too many films-with-a-message that just preach at you," Obremski states, "We figured that if we made a story riveting and humorous so that an audience would really care about the characters, we’d have their attention long enough to open up a topic that typically chokes people."

Burnt Scroll Productions was founded in 2002 to produce and distribute entertaining films with culturally relevant messages of love, hope, faith, and truth. Carl Obremski can be reached at e-mail protected from spam bots.

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Previous press releases:
CONTROVERSIAL FILM ABOUT PORN ADDICTION PREMIERES SEPTEMBER 10
http://www.prleap.com/pr/12414/