LOG-LINE:
Opposite worlds collide when a young Huron hunter encounters a 'Black Robe' Jesuit priest whom he finds tortured and left for dead.
SYNOPSIS
A harrowing film about compassion and discovery 'Bird of Prey' tells the short story of a young Huron hunter who comes into contact with the most despised and feared enemies among his people: a French Jesuit priest
from New France.
Set in the Huron territory of North America in 1642, the young hunter enters into his dilemma; should he satisfy the black robe "demon's" thirst for water or send him into the afterlife with his own blade?
A heart of courage is what it takes to stand against the "flaming arrows" that pursue us and the temptation to conform to the spirit of the age. An impulse or spiritual influence which sets brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor and friend against friend. As BIRD OF PREY powerfully illustrates in Ephesians 6:10-20 it is only by standing firm to one's mission to "Fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel" that intolerance is transformed into mercy, fear into trust, and hatred into love. It is a mystery which instead of separating and dividing us 'bridges us' together despite our backgrounds and differences through the power that "Comes from the gospel of peace."
Written, Directed, and Edited by Dan Cortes
Starring Michael McMullin and Simon Pio Skube
Cinematography by Dan Cortes
Music by Jonathan M. Ochmann
Costumes by Dan Cortes
Transcript: Bird of Prey – Flaming Arrows of God by Dan Cortes
DYING JESUT PRIEST
(speaking in Latin
Ave Maria...
(subtitled English)
Hail God-bearer...
INDIAN BOY
(Speaking in Iroquois)
Oki Black Robe?
(subtitled English)
Are you a demon Black Robe?
DYING JESUIT PRIEST
(Speaking in Iroquois)
À:we... À:we!
(subtitled English)
Water... Water!
INDIAN BOY
Will you go to your heaven Black Robe?
DYING JESUIT PRIEST
Not without my people...
INDIAN BOY
Then take me with you.
DYING JESUIT PRIEST
(speaking in Latin)
Ego te baptizo in nomine Patris, et Filii,
et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.
(in English)
I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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