“Lights – Camera – Honor God!”
Justin Robinson takes cover in a foxhole as he acts in his own film production.That was the motto behind 19-year-old North Greenville University freshman broadcast-media major Justin Robinson’s film production, “Foxhole,” which premiered Feb. 6. Several NGU students participated in the making of the film and attended the premiere.
“Foxhole” is about an atheist soldier in battle during World War II who meets a Christian soldier in his platoon. Robinson’s movie is based on the Bible verse John 15:13: “Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends.”
“Foxhole” won the hearts of viewers. “Justin Robinson has done a phenomenal job creating a realistic war scene while incorporating some very realistic struggles of the heart,” said Amanda Friederich of Boiling Springs.
“The part that impacted me was at the very end when Justin’s character realizes that while the corporal saved his body, Christ saved his soul,” said Nathan Baker of Williston, who was an extra in the film.
Christopher Bailes of Spartanburg, who portrayed a soldier in the film, echoed Baker. “Realizing what the love of Christ means was a powerful moment,” he said.
Robinson and his brother Jordan, from Taylors, have been creating films since 2004 with their self-named logo, J ROB Productions.
“It was just for fun, but my passion for filmmaking began to brew inside of me,” said Robinson. “I realized that God was calling me to the arena of filmmaking and that I wanted to be used by him.”
“The purpose is not self-glory for any of us,” Robinson said. “God created the world. Just because I make a movie doesn’t make me important,” he said. – NGU