Angel Band
110 Minutes
14 Males, 5 Females, Max. 19+/Min 15
14M, 5F, Betrayal, Blue Moon, Building Trust, Bullying, College, College, Communication, Community, Community, Compassion, Cultural Understanding, Environment, Faith in Others, Family Roles, High School, High School, Jealousy, Learning Values, Max 21, Min 15, Professional, Respect, Respecting Tradition, Robert P. Arthur, Script, Seeking Faith, Spiritual Growth| Cast Size: | |
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Jay shakes his head and everyone laughs.
DADDY: (to Jay) Guess you don’t know a lot about that bus you drove over here, either. I reckon its good enough to sleep in these hills, but it’s plain to see it’s got a busted block. See that water come down. That ain’t the radiator.
JAY: There’s a lot I don’t know about yet.
DADDY: We’ll see what we can do about it after the service.
COREY: Everybody’s got a job here. Daddy used to handle serpents; now he fixes things and gives advice nobody wants to hear. My wife, Star, here, handles serpents when she feels anointed. Abe Telford here handles our business, sometimes knowing where we’re supposed to be, and hiding our folding money in the back of his radio.
JAY: (writing in his notebook) “…when she feels Anointed.”
COREY: Sooner or later God will flow into that person and anoint her. She’ll blush with the power and commence to tongues, then steam forth, hungering for the spirit, anointed by the Lord. She’ll come to the altar and take a snake from one of the flat boxes. Only a fool would touch a serpent if she weren’t anointed.
STAR: The same goes for drinking a cup of poison.
COREY: We ain’t trying to pass a test or prove ourselves. We’re only bearing witness to what is already true. Just take up the bible and read Mark 16. “…and these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
STAR: We’re a “signs following” Holiness Church. What we’ll gain is heaven, not the things of this earth.
DADDY: Listen to us Cootses. Barely made it out of grammar school and we can talk like angels.
JAY: Mr. Coots. What I hear, Mr. Coots, is that your son is the greatest Signs Following preacher in the world.
COREY: Ain’t no prize for anything except what you get in another life.
Leaders of the snake-handling Signs Following Church in the hills of Appalachia are threatened by the snakes they handle to prove their Godliness and by the law enforcement and child welfare agencies of the surrounding community. They live side-by-side with the Blue People, a society of outcasts whose skin is marked by a blue skin tone. Into the mix comes Jay, a shy, possibly autistic, journalist intent on uncovering the secret world of these hidden cultures.
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Jay shakes his head and everyone laughs.
DADDY: (to Jay) Guess you don’t know a lot about that bus you drove over here, either. I reckon its good enough to sleep in these hills, but it’s plain to see it’s got a busted block. See that water come down. That ain’t the radiator.
JAY: There’s a lot I don’t know about yet.
DADDY: We’ll see what we can do about it after the service.
COREY: Everybody’s got a job here. Daddy used to handle serpents; now he fixes things and gives advice nobody wants to hear. My wife, Star, here, handles serpents when she feels anointed. Abe Telford here handles our business, sometimes knowing where we’re supposed to be, and hiding our folding money in the back of his radio.
JAY: (writing in his notebook) “…when she feels Anointed.”
COREY: Sooner or later God will flow into that person and anoint her. She’ll blush with the power and commence to tongues, then steam forth, hungering for the spirit, anointed by the Lord. She’ll come to the altar and take a snake from one of the flat boxes. Only a fool would touch a serpent if she weren’t anointed.
STAR: The same goes for drinking a cup of poison.
COREY: We ain’t trying to pass a test or prove ourselves. We’re only bearing witness to what is already true. Just take up the bible and read Mark 16. “…and these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
STAR: We’re a “signs following” Holiness Church. What we’ll gain is heaven, not the things of this earth.
DADDY: Listen to us Cootses. Barely made it out of grammar school and we can talk like angels.
JAY: Mr. Coots. What I hear, Mr. Coots, is that your son is the greatest Signs Following preacher in the world.
COREY: Ain’t no prize for anything except what you get in another life.