Unlikely Fighter
WatchThe Heart of Unlikely FighterThe toughest fight is for the person you love.
You've helped equip a generation to share their faith. Help bring the story that shaped Greg's mission to the screen.
Raised by a hardened mother and her three notorious brothers, a fatherless Denver boy longs to prove he is tough enough to earn their respect. But reaching the mother he loves will require him to become a different kind of fighter.
Warrior meets Ordinary Angels meets Hillbilly Elegy
You know the ministry this story started. Now you can help put it on the screen.
Greg is a boy in North Denver.
Storyboard to screen / 1 of 3EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY. Greg sits on the steps of their house. Lost in thought. Another ordinary day in North Denver.
His mother holds everything together.
Storyboard to screen / 2 of 3GREG (V.O.) "My mom kept everything together when everything felt like it was falling apart."
His uncles are fighters.
Storyboard to screen / 3 of 3EXT. BACKYARD - DAY. Greg shadowboxes. The brothers watch in silence. He holds his fists up, still ready to prove himself.
Can Greg reach his mother before shame closes her off for good?
Chris Dowling
Writer and director of Where Hope Grows and Run the Race, and co-writer of Netflix's Blue Miracle. Born in Mississippi and raised near Dallas, he studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. Where Hope Grows won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Heartland International Film Festival.
"...we always try to start with real characters and a good actual story." Chris Dowling, Patheos interview, 2021
You helped build this audience
"I'm the unlikely fighter in a family full of fighters." Greg Stier
The ministry you support began in a house full of fighters. Greg founded Dare 2 Share in 1991, and your support has helped it reach students and leaders in 229 countries and territories. Now you can help the story that started it reach the people who will never come to an event.
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