CAROL showing Nov. 7 will benefit Agape Mobility Ethiopia
CAROL, a faith-based Christmas musical filmed in northeast Indiana last year, will be shown Friday, Nov. 7, at Pathway Community Church, 1010 Carroll Rd., Fort Wayne, to benefit Agape Mobility Ethiopia.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the movie starting at 7 p.m.
Admission is by donation, with everything collected going to Agape Mobility Ethiopia, a Fort Wayne-based ministry that provides wheelchairs and other mobility equipment to those in that nation who need it.
Filmed in northeast Indiana
Filmed in Steuben and Noble counties in northeast Indiana last year, CAROL is inspired by Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol.”
The movie tells the story of Solomon Lynch (Aaron Fullan), a self-centered slacker and the resident Scrooge of the small, struggling town of Springdale, Indiana. Estranged from his family, Solomon comes face-to-face with the real Ebenezer Scrooge (Paul Kandarian) on Christmas Eve and is taken on a musical journey through his past, present and future.
While the story uses devices and characters from “A Christmas Carol,” it includes its own unique twists and turns, with diverse musical styles, poignant moments and humor throughout the film.
In the end, it will take much more than Christmas spirit for Solomon to make things right.
The movie has won multiple awards, including Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film for Robert Amaya, who plays Christmas Present, at the recent Purpose Film and Media Festival in Corydon, Indiana.
For more information about the movie, including a trailer, visit carolmovie.com.
No more crawling on the floor
Founded in 2019 by Saba Teklemarcos, Agape Mobility seeks to provide an accessible solution to each person in need of a wheelchair or other mobility device in Ethiopia.
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saba contracted polio as a child. She finally gained the ability to work after multiple surgeries and therapies at an early age.
At 14, she came to the United States with her family and began her new life. However, when she returned to Ethiopia in her 30s, she was shocked to see large numbers of poor and disabled people begging outside the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and in city-centers in the nation’s capital.
Knowing that these people faced a cruel stigma and were often considered cursed, Saba determined to do something to help them. She and her late husband Dean founded Agape Mobility Ethiopia shortly after.
Completely operated by volunteers, the organization’s mission is “no more crawling on the floor.” Agape Mobility Ethiopia has provided more than 5,600 wheelchairs to people in that nation, including wheelchairs refurbished and shipped from Fort Wayne and those provided through partnerships with other ministries.
For more information, visit agapemobilityethiopia.org.