Facing the Giants

Facing the Giants is a 2006 American Christian drama film directed by and starring Alex Kendrick. The supporting cast was composed of volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church, and it is the second film that Sherwood Pictures has done. Shot in Albany, Georgia, the film relates an underdog story about American football from a Christian worldview.

Grant Taylor Alex Kendrick is the head coach for the Shiloh Eagles football team at Shiloh Christian Academy, and has yet to post a winning record in his sixyear tenure. After his seventh season begins, he learns that his Running Back, tired of losing, has transferred to a rival school as he moved in with his dad in that school district. Grant is frustrated as this is the third time he has spent developing key players but having them transfer schools in their senior year. Consequently the team is discouraged and write the season off since he was the one who scored a third of their points last year. Not surprisingly, the discouraged Eagles get shutout 230 in their first game.Larry Childers who is confined to a wheelchair and his son David have recently moved from Athens, GA where David is entering his junior year at Shiloh. David is a soccer player but Shiloh does not have a soccer program so Larry encourages him to try out for the football team as a kicker despite Davids reservations. David is nervous as he has no experience in football and small stature, but his dad tells him not to be afraid of failure. After tryouts, the coaching staff see promise in him and he makes the team. ........

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