Submitted: Becky DeWitt Joshua Coates discovered the art of film making and theater production while attending Philadelphia’s High School of Creative and Performing Arts in 1996. His love for movie making grew rapidly as he often cut class during school and spent countless hours after school on editing machines learning and perfecting his craft. In 1997, Joshua wrote and directed his first full-length independent film entitled GAME, which was entered into the Derek Freese Independent Film Festival at Temple University. Out of hundreds of entries, GAME placed 10th overall and this ignited Joshua’s passion of his craft even further. In 2002, Joshua wrote, directed and starred in THE CALLED, a faith based independent film, which got him local recognition from the church community and Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). He is currently the founder and president of 20/20 Visions Entertainment Group that is quickly making headlines in the field of motion pictures. Your biography lists all of your accomplishments and your passion for bringing ideas to life on the screen especially your latest project INIQUITY. This is a very powerful piece and I am glad that I was able to work with wonderful actors and producers, people coming together to bring this project to light. Anytime that you are doing any type of spiritual warfare or work for God, you are going to encounter opposition; but it has sold out since March 26 in every Wal-Mart in America and online as well. It has been restocked in every WalMart nationwide. This film is loosely based on the story of David and Bathsheba from the Bible. Give us your vision of the story. The film is inspired by the story of David and Bathsheba with a modern day twist. It has the same message and same concept but created and made for 2013 and how it would be in our society. The story is a learning lesson. It shows how far iniquity will take you if it is not dealt with or cut out because iniquity is like a cancer. It shows the demise of David’s life from a conqueror and doing the will of God to turning to a different direction. There is a learning lesson in this. It does not matter who you are, or what position you are in, in life. It does not matter church wise, political wise, career wise or in even in the community, if you are not careful of iniquity, you can fall into great consequences. Iniquity causes demise. One of the hottest television programs right now is Scandal, which can be addictive. The Bible is full of scandal9 ous stories, which can be brought to life. As a society and as people, we are unfortunately addicted to scandal and drama. For entertainment purposes, I that that same idea and try have learning lessons in it. Hollywood in general, although they may not admit it, is influenced by the Bible. There are a lot of hit movies that have happened over decades, that the Bible somewhere, somehow influenced the writer, director or producer. The Bible is the survival manual for mankind. We have a generation, a culture that does not like to read the Bible all the way. So as Believers, as the ones who are trying to win souls for the Kingdom, you have to implement what is happening in society and the media. We live in a media craven culture. You have to tap into what is going on media wise. You have to stay current. Even though we know that the Word of God is powerful, you have to be creative and that word and get the Word and the message to the people so that they can have a choice in receiving Christ or not. INIQUITY is not a preaching piece, where you are beaten over the head with the Bible. You are being shown real life situations that ordinary people can get into if they are not careful. If you do not spot it, evil or iniquity can really grown in your life and destroy what God has for you. God has so many thoughts that He wants to release to His people so that they can reach the masses. How do you get the downloads that God gives you? Secretly, I am a political guy. In school, as a kid, I watched a lot of politics and history. I watch the news everyday, even though I do not agree with everything that the news puts out. I am always in tune with the news and what’s happening. Believers have to be aware of what’s happening in politics and in generation before we were born. As I am sitting listening to what is happening in the world, certain ideas and messages come to me. Being in tune to what’s happening in society gives me an idea, and inspires me to write about certain stories that are relevant. The whole key is being relevant to what is happening in society and to be able to point that story n the direction of Christ. If you could sum yourself in one word, what would it be? That word is student. Because I am always learning and it does not matter what field I am in. We are all students .It does not matter how far you are or what lever of success you have, you do not know everything. If you have the mindset of a student, you will always remain humble. Presently, Joshua has several television and film projects in the pipeline for 2013-2015. Some of the television reality shows that are currently in development are The Battle of the Gospel Bands; starring Tye Trippet, Martha Munnizi,
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