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The Chosen TV Series Reaches 150 Nations Website: thechosen.tv Mobile App: thechosen.tv/app 14 The Chosen is the #1 crowdfunded media project in entertainment history and the first multi-season show about the life of Christ. In late 2017, The Chosen Productions, partnering with distributor VidAngel, released a concept pilot (The Shepherd) in social media to gauge potential public interest in The Chosen. After that video was seen by more than 20 million people around the world, Director Dallas Jenkins (What If?, Midnight Clear, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone) led a long, social media campaign to share his vision, asking people to back the creation of the first-ever multi-season series about Christ. After raising more than $10 million from 16,000 investors, The Chosen became fully funded and released