“In 1994, at age 40 Pastor Richard Gazowsky saw his first movie. Later that year he received a vision from God.”

So begins Audience of One, the stunning 2007 documentary story of a Pentacostal congregation’s decade-plus Quixotic cinematic odyssey conjuring tens of millions of dollars from churchgoers and international investors.

The church’s film, Gravity: Shadow of Joseph, is modestly pitched as “Star Wars meets The Ten Commandments” and the 65mm 60 frames-per-second epic takes its first-time filmmakers from San Francisco to Italy putting their homes, livelihoods, reputations, and the church’s future on the line in the name of Christian Science fiction.

Despite a successful and prize-winning festival run, Audience of One is wildly under-seen, currently un-rentable, and has never been available to stream. We’re honored to share it as the next installment in our Art Is Easy series.