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T.D. Jakes Jumping the Broom Interview - Pt 1 - The Potter’s House of Dallas · THE WORLD'S BEST PREACHER

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  Speaker 1: I am so excited. I just came off the set
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  Speaker 1: and concluded Jumping the Broom. If you haven't heard about it,
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  Speaker 1: You're going to hear about it soon. It's our new
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  Speaker 1: movie and we are excited about it. It's going to
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  Speaker 1: be coming out in May. Powerful cast, I mean, God
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  Speaker 1: blessed us to put together a cast that is going
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  Speaker 1: to be phenomenal. I mean everybody from Angela bassd to Romeo,
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  Speaker 1: Paula Patten, laz Anzolo, Loretta de By, Michael EPs. It's yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'm in there too. It's going to be a great story, humorous, entertaining,
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  Speaker 1: and yet inspirational. Jumping the Broom is something your whole
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  Speaker 1: family will enjoy it, and I want you to look
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  Speaker 1: for it. I want you to be praying about it.
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  Speaker 1: We're excited to be a part of bringing together the
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  Speaker 1: kind of films that inspires people and informs him and
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  Speaker 1: calles them to understand faith in all of its complexity,
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  Speaker 1: then even laugh a little bit and have a great time.
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  Speaker 1: I think that Jumping the Broom is going to be
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  Speaker 1: the kind of movie that is going to have a
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  Speaker 1: long shelf life and people are going to be talking
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  Speaker 1: about it years to come. So if you're watching this
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  Speaker 1: and you're thinking about what am I gonna do with
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  Speaker 1: my mom or my wife, or my friend or somebody
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  Speaker 1: that I want to take out Mother's Day. We can
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  Speaker 1: already put it on your calendar now. And if you're
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  Speaker 1: a pastor over a sorority or a particular group, you
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  Speaker 1: ought to just buy a theater out for that night,
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  Speaker 1: and we can make that available to you so that
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  Speaker 1: you can come out and all of your friends and
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  Speaker 1: all of your Bible class, your prayer group or whatever
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  Speaker 1: can come out and laugh a little bit, get a
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  Speaker 1: bag of popcorn, laughters, medicine. It's good for you. Jump
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  Speaker 1: in the broom. You're gonna have a good time. Romeo
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  Speaker 1: angela bath and TD Jakes coping crazy. I'll be looking
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  Speaker 1: for you.
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  Speaker 2: Be there, Bishop Jakes. What inspired you to get into
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  Speaker 2: the movie business.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the movie business was not really a first
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  Speaker 1: writch for me. When you think about it. We've had
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  Speaker 1: years of doing gospel plays. I grew up being involved
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  Speaker 1: in plays in church and entertainment, and so this was
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to continue our brand. When I think about it,
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  Speaker 1: I think of it in terms of communication, whether you're
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  Speaker 1: doing it through books or through preaching or through speaking
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  Speaker 1: or motivation, or doing it on film. It's all about
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  Speaker 1: finding unique ways to communicate with an every increasing and
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  Speaker 1: diverse audience of people.
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  Speaker 2: How has Hollywood received your films thus far?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I've been amazed how well Hollywood has received
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  Speaker 1: our films, and the very idea of faith based and
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  Speaker 1: family friendly films a bit of a novelty to them,
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  Speaker 1: but they're very open minded. The actor of them particularly,
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  Speaker 1: are appreciative of quality films that they can participate in.
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  Speaker 1: Particularly minority actors often find it difficult to find a
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  Speaker 1: job that they can be cast into, be employed, and
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  Speaker 1: more importantly, walk away feeling good about the thing that's
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  Speaker 1: been really exciting to us is that we get to
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  Speaker 1: write the stories that we tell, and we get to
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  Speaker 1: control how we are seen in our images and how
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  Speaker 1: they're projected, and that as a community that we are
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  Speaker 1: far more diverse than what Hollywood often depicts, not only
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  Speaker 1: faith people, but black people in general. To understand that
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  Speaker 1: we're not all gangbang earths, we're not all drug dealers,
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  Speaker 1: we're not all murderers. To give us an opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: say that we have families, that we are not a
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  Speaker 1: monolithic society that we are intellectual and we are creative
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  Speaker 1: and we are diverse. It's kind of taking the reins
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  Speaker 1: of our own destiny back and wow, that can be
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  Speaker 1: a lot of fun