What does it take to get a second chance at life? “Rebound,” produced jointly by Sword Productions and Asia Pacific Media, shares the story of Noel, a small town basketball hotshot who goes to the big city to make a name for himself. Noel enjoys superstardom success, but it goes to his head and the pressure drives him to drugs and self-destruction. He is arrested and serves jail time— where he eventually finds God and himself.
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After six years in prison, he returns home a changed man, eager to redeem himself in the eyes of those he has hurt, the girlfriend he abandoned in a time of great need and his disillusioned father. While trying to pick up the pieces of his shattered life, he meets a group of aspiring
basketball players led by the current town hotshot, and Noel is determined to keep them from making the same mistakes he did. A representative from APMedia recently sat down with a believer from a Muslim dominated homeland. Out of concern for his safety, we cannot share his name or location, but we can share his testimony of how God is using “Rebound” to reach people in the midst of Muslim oppression. “Because of its high quality, the filming, subject and scripting, I was very impressed with “Rebound,” and feel that it has the excellence of a cinematic production. We redubbed the film in the Urdu language, and have been able to distribute VHS and DVD copies throughout our region, especially to the young people. - continued September/October 2014 [13.]