Screenwriter and producer Galley Molina shares the behind-the-scenes of his faith journey and talks about his movie, "I'm in Love with a Church Girl."
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TERRY: "I'M IN LOVE WITH A
CHURCH GIRL" IS THE TITLE OF A
NEW MOVIE OPENING THIS MONTH.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO MEET EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER AND WRITER OF THIS
FILM.
THE STORY IS ABOUT HIS REAL LIFE
AS MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKER.
HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK.
THE BIGGEST DRUG TRAFFICKER
IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA WHICH IS
WHY WE WANT TO FIND THIS GUY.
YOU NEED TO GO TO CHURCH AND
FIND A GOOD CHURCH GIRL.
THAT IS VANESSA.
SHE GOES TO BIBLE STUDY WITH MY
WIFE.
WHAT CHURCH DO YOU ATTEND?
RIGHT NOW I AM IN BETWEEN
CHURCHES.
WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR A
GODLY MAN FOR VANESSA.
ARE YOU THAT MAN?
I USED TO BE A DRUG DEALER,
VANESSA.
IT CAME AT US HARD, SWAT
CARS, GUNS.
I THINK YOU ARE AS DIRTY AS
SIN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL ME WHY
THERE WAS A GUN IN YOUR CAR?
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME.
WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT GOING TO
CHURCH?
TERRY: JOINING ME IS THE MAN
WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE MOVIE
"A LOVE THAT MULTIPLES." THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME.
PAT: WHAT ARE THE
SIMILARITIES WOULD YOU SAY?
WE NEEDED SOMEBODY VERY
AUTHENTIC.
SIMILARITIES ARE VERY -- THEY
INTERSECT NOW MORE THAN THEY DID
BEFORE.
TERRY: HOW DID YOU FIND THE
RIGHT PERSON THAT HAD SIMILAR
EXPERIENCES?
I COME FROM THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY.
WE WANTED SOMEBODY WITH A
PLATFORM THAT CAN REACH THE
UNREACHED SO TO SPEAK.
HIS ACTING IS AMAZING.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE
PERSON THAT PLAYED THE PART
WOULD BE CAPTIVATING AND A
FOLLOWING TO DRAW UNBELIEVERS.
TERRY: THIS IS QUITE A NEW
TURN IN THE ROAD FOR HIM, NOT
JUST HAVING SPENT TIME DOING
TIME -- [LAUGHTER], ALSO JUST
HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW
INVOLVED YOU ACTUALLY WERE IN
YOUR OWN LIFE IN DRUG
TRAFFICKING?
IT WAS VERY FAST AND FURIOUS,
I HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE
MUSIC AND THE STREET AS WELL.
IT WAS AN APPETITE FOR
DESTRUCTION.
OPENING LINE SAYS I WISH I KNEW
THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW.
GOD WAS ORCHESTRATING THINGS.
TAKE WHAT WAS INTENDED FOR YOU
AND USE IT FOR GOOD.
TERRY: WHEN YOU WERE DEALING
YOU WEREN'T JUST SELLING LITTLE
BAGS, YOU
WERE SELLING
LARGE
QUANTITIES,
RIGHT?
YES, TERRY.
IT WASN'T YOUR TYPICAL OPEN THE
DOOR, SHOVE IT THROUGH THE
PEEPHOLE.
WE WERE IMPORTING LARGE AMOUNTS
OF DRUGS
INTO THE
UNITED
STATES.
GO
BIG OR GO HOME.
TERRY:
HOW DID YOU
JUGGLE
THOSE T
WO
THINGS?
AT THE SAME TIME
YOU
WERE
DOING
ALL
OF
THIS
DRUG
BUYING/SELLING,
YOU WERE ALSO
IN
BUSINESS.
YOU WERE DOING WELL, HOW DID YOU
JUGGLE THOSE TWO THING?
JUST DID IT.
IT WAS NEVER NO TIME FOR SLEEP.
I WAS
TRAVELING ALL THE
TIME,
DOING
SHOWS.
TERRY: WAS IT GLAMOROUS?
DID YOU EVER HAVE A MOMENT WHERE
YOU SAID MAYBE I SHOULDN'T BE
DOING THIS?
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REASONS
FOR WHAT THEY DO.
I DIDN'T.
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT BEING DRUNK ON
POWER.
I DIDN'T NEED IT FOR THE MONEY.
I CAME FROM A GOOD HOME, COLLEGE
STUDENT.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
SUCKS YOU IN.
TERRY: HOW DOES THE DRUG
DEALER MEET A CHURCH GIRL?
I WAS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE,
I AM ON A DATE WITH ANOTHER
LADY.
IN WALKS THIS WOMAN, WOW.
WE MET AND TALKED ABOUT.
OUR FIRST DATE WAS TO CHURCH.
I GO TO CHURCH.
MY LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME
AGAIN.
TERRY: SHE DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW YOUR BACKGROUND AT THAT
POINT, RIGHT?
EVERYBODY KNEW ME AS THIS
PRODUCER/ARTIST.
IT WAS EASY TO MASK ONE THING
WITH THE OTHER.
SHE HAD AN IDEA, I AM SURE.
A LOT OF RUMORS.
I WAS VERY LOW KEY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WEAR IT AS A
BADGE.
I WAS BEHIND THE SCENES.
TERRY: SHORTLY AFTER YOU
BECAME A CHRISTIAN, NOW YOU ARE
IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A CHURCH
GIRL YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH, YOUR
PAST CAUGHT UP WITH YOU, WHAT
HAPPENED?
I WAS DRIVING, HERE COME THE
CARS AND HELICOPTERS, DEA AND
U.S. CUSTOMS AND COME WITH
MACHINE GUNS.
NEXT THING I WAS IN A CELL.
I WENT TO BED WITH ON TOP OF THE
WORLD AND WOKE UP WITH THE WORLD
ON TOP OF ME.
THE TIME I WAS GOING TO CHURCH
IT WAS PREPARING ME, I BELIEVE,
HE COULD HAVE STOPPED ME FROM
WHAT I WAS DOING.
SOMETHING I CHOSE TO DO.
I OWNED IT.
I THINK HE SAYS I AM GOING TO
GIVE YOU ENOUGH OF MY WORD TO
SUSTAIN YOU AND WE ARE GOING TO
SPEND ALONE TIME.
PRUNING TIME WAS ON BAIL, FIVE
YEARS, 11 MONTHS, PLED OUT TO
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
THAT WAS THE REFINING PERIOD.
IT WAS OUR ALONE TIME.
TERRY: WHEN YOU FIRST
STARTED WRITING YOUR STORY, YOU
DID IT IN JAIL.
HOW DID THE STORY WRITTEN ON
PAPER BECOME THE MOVIE?
I SAT IN THE LAW LIBRARY AND
WROTE BOOK AFTER BOOK AND
MANUSCRIPTS.
I WAS TALKING TO SOME FRIENDS.
WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A VISION, HE
GIVES YOU PROVISION.
HE DIDN'T GIVE NOAH A SCHEMATIC
FOR THE ARK.
HE GAVE HIM VISION AND KNOW HOW.
GOD HAS BEEN FAITHFUL FROM THE
INVESTING TO THE CAMERA CREWS TO
ACTORS, THIS IS THE ONLY FILM
YOU'LL EVER SEE THAT IS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GOD.
[LAUGHTER].
TERRY: HE IS ON THE
CREDITS.
HE IS.
HE HAS THE BIGGEST TITLE CARD.
TERRY: WHEN PEOPLE COME TO
SEE THE
MOVIE, GALLEY, WHAT DO
YOU WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY WITH?
GOD IS SO REAL, IF HE CAN USE
ME, A PASTOR NOW, HE CAN USE
ANYBODY.
TERRY: WE FORGET TO MENTION
THA
THAT.
GOD HAS BEEN SO FAITHFUL, WE
STAY FAITHFUL IN THIS FIELD.
WE SERVE AT PROSPECTIVE
CHURCHES.
IT IS COME AS YOU ARE.
THE HASHTAG SURRENDER.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE A STREET
GUY, GOD IS FOR EVERYBODY, THE
SAME BLOOD THAT
SAVED YOU
SAVED
THOSE PEOPLE, TWO.
TERRY: THE MOVIE IS CALLED
"I'M IN LOVE WITH A CHURCH GIRL"
OPENS IN THEATRES, FRIDAY
OCTOBER
18TH.
YOU DON'T
WANT T
O MIS
S IT,
GALLEY, THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH
US.
THANK YOU.