Director Dallas Lammiman works with some actors on the set of Mayflower 2, a futuristic tale of Christian experience.
The family Moviemakers team continues to enjoy the look of the valley and the relationships they have cultivated for their productions.
They are working on their third feature this week, and all three they've made have been partially filmed in the valley.
“We love the look of the place, but for this film we are not using it as much,” said Greg Lammiman of Moviemakers. “ Mostly it is connections, we have done the Passion Play for 11 years, so we have a lot of connections.”
On Monday they were shooting scenes at the Canadian Badlands Passion Play Site for the feature Mayflower 2. The movie is not a sequel, but the theme has parallels with some of the first settlers of the Americas.
“It is a Christian Sci-Fi feature film, and there is not may of them out there. The only other one I remember is the feature we did out here two years ago, called Remember,” said Lammiman.
The story is set four or five decades into the future.
“The original Mayflower was the ship that left England to the new world. In this situation, we have a totalitarian government, in which Christianity is not tolerated,” he explained. “It is a story of courage, what you have to do when facing a choice between God or man. The Mayflower 2 is a ship, but in this case, a space ship that will take them to space.”
He sees these themes as very real and possible.
“There is less and less tolerance of God and the biblical message and obedience to him in society in general,” he said. “Just try to say Jesus in a public school if you’re not swearing, or any public arena. It is just not politically correct to speak your faith in public. I am not saying we are at this place, but we are exploring this. There are certainly places on this planet where Christians are dying for their faith.”
Moviemakers is very much a family production - Greg did most of the writing of this film and his son Dallas is in the director’s chair.
“It is certainly a joint share venture in the script and right now he is the director, I am assistant director and producer,” said Lammiman.
He figures they will be wrapping up shooting this month and then heading into post production.
Other features he has collaborated on include Remember, and My Grandpa Detective, shot in Drumheller earlier this year.
