A Beautiful Picture of Diversity: Children Participating in ‘United’ Shoot

United
Written By Trillia Newbell

A few months ago, Bollinger Productions filmed my portion of the promo video for United. Last week, the crew organized another shoot with children of various ethnicities to highlight the last chapter of my book, “For Our Kids”. United is dedicated to my children. My hope is, when they are older, they would wonder why their mom wrote a book about diversity in the local church and the beauty of diversity in friendship, because it would be so commonplace.

Here is a time lapse video that captures the kids coloring (you’ll get to see what they are coloring once the promo releases in mid-February). I thought it was beautiful and hope you’ll enjoy seeing a small taste of the video. What an appropriate celebration of children, diversity, and the joy of friendship, especially on this day—the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Production Time-Lapse of “United” Book Promotional from Nathan Bollinger on Vimeo.

 

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