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Two Trinities
Ole Anthony and the Trinity Foundation not only minister to their community, but take on televangelists who prey on the poor and desperate.
- Funding Initiative
- Diversity Development Fund
Director
Sandra Guardado
Sandra Guardado won an Emmy and Special Jury Prize for writing from the Sundance Film Festival for her PBS documentary George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire and first place in the Silver State Film Festival for The Reunion, which documents her return to El Salvador.
Guardado received a M.F.A. in film and video production from the University of Texas at Austin.
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The Film
Two Trinities explores the Trinity Foundation and its leader Ole Anthony in their holy quest to bring down televangelists who prey on the poor and the desperate using the lure of the "heavenly lottery." Recognized nationally in the media for its investigations of televangelists, the Trinity Foundation has devoted itself to exposing the self-dealing empires and empty promises of televangelist preachers while keeping to their own mission of picking up the cross daily and helping others.
The Trinity Foundation then put itself at the center of controversy; this time an unprecedented federal inquiry by a U.S. Senator into the finances of certain high-profile televangelists. These unfolding events stirred national debate on what it means to be a believer and what religion's responsibilities are toward government and society.
