PURE FLIX TO DISTRIBUTE
HILLSONG-LET HOPE RISE
IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE SEPT. 16
Film spotlights Hillsong UNITED’s remarkable journey from a youth group band
at Hillsong Church to a worldwide recording and concert sensation
LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2016—Pure Flix is distributing HILLSONG-LET HOPE RISE, the
highly anticipated feature film that chronicles the spectacular and miraculous rise to prominence
of the Australia-based band, Hillsong UNITED.
Directed by Michael John Warren (Jay Z’s FADE TO BLACK), the film explores Hillsong’s
journey from a tiny church in the Sydney suburbs to an influential international ministry whose
songs are sung every Sunday by more than 50 million people across the globe. Their songs have
been translated into 60 languages and the band has sold more than 17 million albums.
―HILLSONG-LET HOPE RISE is so much more than a film about a Christian band or even a
church. It is truly a theatrical worship experience,‖ said Michael Scott, chief production officer
and a founding partner of Pure Flix. ―It is a dream come true for us, as a studio committed to
influencing the global culture, to partner with a church like Hillsong.‖
―Anyone who regularly attends a church knows Hillsong’s music by heart. That’s how influential
they’ve become,‖ said producer Jonathan Bock. ―And yet despite the fame and adulation, they’re
still just a humble worship band trying to do what tens of thousands of other worship bands try to
do every week -- glorify God through their music. How they balance that is a fascinating and
surprising story.‖
From a single church in suburban Sydney, Hillsong Church now extends to cities on five
continents (including London, Paris, Sao Paulo, Capetown, Rio de Janeiro, and Phoenix) with
more than 100,000 weekly attendees, including thriving congregations in New York and Los
Angeles. In addition to its local church initiatives, Hillsong partners with international
organizations committed to ministry – examples include feeding and educating children in the
slums of India, building housing for those living with AIDS in Africa and rescuing victims of
human trafficking around the globe.