RADIOFebruary 03, 2024

Is ‘Cabrini’ the BEST Christian film since ‘The Passion of the Christ?’

From the director of “Sound of Freedom” comes a new film that Glenn believes may be the best Christian movie since “The Passion of the Christ.” When Glenn first saw Angel Studios’ newest film, “Cabrini,” he was floored. “I feel like how those sitting in the room with Francis Ford Coppola must have felt like on the first screening of ‘The Godfather.’” Now, Angel Studios co-founder and president Jordan Harmon joins Glenn for the premiere of the latest trailer for “Cabrini.” Harmon dives into the backstory behind the film and what makes Angel Studios theatrical releases so unique.

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GLENN: I want to tell you a story, a few months ago. I was here in Georgia. And I had the opportunity to see a rough cut film. I don't know if it had been locked yet.

But a film that had been made, called Cabrini.

And, well, I decided to go. And I'm sitting next to the studio head.

As we're all watching this movie.

There's about 20 of us. And about halfway through. I lean over.

And I said, I feel like those sitting in the room with Francis Ford Coppola, must have felt on the first screening of the Godfather. This film, Cabrini is a tremendous film. It is a great story. It's well-acted. John Lithgow is in it.

It is -- it is -- it's a miracle of a film. It -- I compare it to the quality of the Godfather.

It's an epic tale. And it is beautiful.

It is the highest of the art form. If it wasn't, you know, being released, I think by Angel studios, it would win best picture, when it comes out.

It is remarkable, and now the reason why I -- I want you to really listen to this is, do you remember what Christian films were just a few years ago?

Remember how bad they were?

Remember how preachy they were?

Oh, my God. Can we just make a good movie?

We are making good movies now. And this is an exceptional movie. It is Cabrini.

And it is a story about Mother Cabrini. If you don't know who she was. She was an Italian immigrant. She comes to New York City in the 1800s. And she just wants to help the immigrant children because there's no -- I mean, the way, you think immigrants have it bad now. Oh. You should see the way it was.

She decides, that she will clean things up. She will help feed people. She will teach them, et cetera, et cetera.

And she ends up building an empire of hospitals, in just a few short years. She built 67 hospitals, orphanages and schools. And she's just this little woman, that was sickly. And deathly afraid of water.

And yet, I don't know how many trips she went back and forth, from Europe to America.

And changed everything.

She became an American citizen, in 1909.

And that is the story of the movie Cabrini that is coming out in a few weeks.

It's actually March 8th.

There's a reason I'm telling you this, in advance. And to explain that, is one of the cofounders and the current president of Angel Studios. Jordan Harmon.

Hi, Jordan, how are you?

JORDAN: Glenn, it's so good to hear from you.

GLENN: I tell you, and you know I mean this. I've been raving about this movie to everybody I know. I can't wait to see how it does when it comes out. This is from the same director that did Sound of Freedom. He is a really big deal in South America. Everybody knows his name in South America. And he has come and put this together.

And why did he pick this particular story?

JORDAN: Oh, man. That's a great question. I remember when I first talked to him about it. He said, Jordan, there's film that you want to do. And then there's film that you're called to do. And he said, this was a film that I felt called to do. Because it tells the story of a real woman who showed her power and her God innate power, to change the world in such a miraculous way. And when I heard that, it just hit me so deeply.

And I had a similar feeling to you, where I remember watching Cabrini for the first time and texting Jeff and Nil (phonetic), my brothers. They're the cofounders, and saying, guys, I think we found the next Frank Capra.

Alejandro Monteverde is so good. For those who don't know who Frank Capra is, he's the guy who did Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. He did It's a Wonderful Life. Some of the greatest and most iconic movies of that generation.

GLENN: I think you're --

JORDAN: Alejandro is an artist.

GLENN: I -- you are exactly right. I hadn't thought of it that way. I think he was the next Frank Capra.

I was a big fan of his, when I first saw, what was it? Little Boy. You remember that film?

JORDAN: Oh, man. It was so good. So good.

GLENN: Oh, it just captured America.

It was just -- he is really good. Really good.

So he's the same director that did Sound of Freedom, which ended up being the 16th highest grossing independent film of all time. Made over $240 million. It's never been done really before.

I mean, it was crazy.

But you guys at Angel have -- have short-circuited the -- the movies.

I mean, you -- distribution.

Walt Disney tried to do this.

And had to create his own distribution company. Which is almost impossible to do.

But you've short-circuited, because you go directly to the people.

Explain a little bit about the -- the system you've done, where people select what you make, and then how you get the theaters to accept the movies.

JORDAN: Yeah. So we've created what is called the angel guild. And the angel guild is this group of 200,000 people. And growing very rapidly, who basically get to be the gatekeepers to all Angel content. So unlike Hollywood, where you have five or six executives in a room, who are making the decisions for what is seen and what is driving the culture of our children and our grandchildren, you as individuals, get to come in, and decide.

So the Angel Guild, for example, you have a thousand-plus people, who randomly are sampled. They saw Sound of Freedom. They love this.

They got it out to the world, and it's now been seen by well over 16 million people on our best estimates, between theaters and Amazon. And trending on Amazon. Ask then Cabrini. People saw an early screening of that. And said, this is absolutely incredible.

I remember my wife watching it, and she said, this film is by far, the best film I've ever seen us put out.

Us being Angel. And that's saying something, when you look at dry bar comedy. And the Chosen, and the Sound of Freedom.

And there's all these different projects. And this film stands in a league of its own. And the reason it's critical that we're talking about this today, versus on March 8th, is that part of our model is helping the theaters, give us more screens, by having a direct relationship with them as well. So we basically already put tickets on sale. You can go to angel.com/Beck. And you can actually go get your ticket today, and that signals to the theaters, we want more content like this.

This is the content that's going to change the culture and is going to change the world, to where it looks the way we believe it should for our children and our grandchildren. And the theaters are on our side. The theaters love what we're doing. It was fun. We did a business conference called Cinematog (phonetic), and my brother was there. And he was wearing an Angel shirt. And people would walk up to him left and right. And they would pull out a cross. Or pull out a little scripture verse, like we're on your side.

GLENN: Yeah. And, you know what --

JORDAN: They're middle America.

GLENN: Right!

And they're in Middle America, and they also want to make money.

And what Hollywood is pumping out, nobody is going to see anymore. It's so separate from the Middle of America.

This is a great way. And I'm telling you, the problem with making films, is you can't get them into the theaters. Because you need the big Hollywood studios to distribute it.

Well, Angel Studios has broken that.

But to be able to have this scene, nationwide, the people that are like you, and me, that want to go see great movies.

We have to buy the tickets in advance.

Because once a few of those theaters sell out, then the theater chains all see that, and go, oh, wow. I better get on board.

And they start opening it up to their theaters, and it just spreads. That way, it has a massive opening. That's never been able to be done before.

GLENN: And the response for Cabrini has been incredible.

When you look at a big theoretical release in the US, it's usually between 2,000 and 3,000 locations. That's a really, really wide release.

And anything above 3,000, just massive. We are already over 2,000 locations all over the nation.

And people are pouring in to buy tickets, because they're realizing, this is a film. This is a cinematic masterpiece.

GLENN: It really is.

JORDAN: This is not a motion picture. This is a motion painting. Every seen, every frame.

GLENN: It is.

JORDAN: Is absolutely gorgeous. And it has to be experienced in theaters.

And so, like I said, go to Amazon.com/Beck. Make sure you get your tickets now, because again, it, again, it signals to the theaters, give us more locations. Give us bigger auditoriums.

This is the type of content that will change culture.

GLENN: This is, I would say, the only Christian film made in my lifetime, that is this good. Is probably Passion of the Christ. Where that was just a mainstream, unbelievable film. Now, that was in Arabic, so I hate to say it was mainstream. But it was a great film.

This is the same thing.

It's the best thing.

And this is the kind of quality you're getting, because Angel has found a way to go directly to you, and bypass everything.

So if you believe in changing the culture.

If you believe that we deserve better than just one choice of Hollywood, then this is the kind of thing that you need to get involved with. And you can go to angel.com/Beck. Angel.com/Beck.

Is that right?

JORDAN: That's exactly right.

GLENN: Yeah. And you buy your tickets.

How do you join the Angel Guild?

JORDAN: Yeah, you can actually go to Angel.com/Beck as well.

You'll see on the left-hand side, people in the chat bar, that are joining the Angel Guild. They will be able to join the Guild, and that will allow you to actually be a part of not only getting two free tickets every Angel theatrical release, getting early access to our content.

But more importantly, your voice gets to be a part of of deciding what the next Angel project is. What the next Angel original is. You get to be the alternative to the Hollywood the gatekeepers. And that membership, that membership could be one of the most powerful thing that individuals can do today, to influence the culture for their children and their grandchildren.

GLENN: Yeah. Jordan -- what you and your brothers have put together, is absolutely amazing.

As you know, I'm a big fan. And a friend of -- of your whole family.

And I mean that of the Angel studio. But I'm going to -- they'll just release a trailer. We have to play it first. We will play the trailer of Cabrini.

I just want you to know, they have picked Shania Twain, to back this up.

Which is so weird, juxtaposed to how this film looks.

But it is again, brilliant strategy.

For those who went to see what a strong woman is like, and they watched Barbie. Give this a shot.

VOICE: If we are to build an empire of hope, let's go, girls.

VOICE: It seems we must first conquer New York.
(music)
Do people know rats have it better than the children here?
(music)
We have to show America, we are all people of dignity.

VOICE: Be careful, mother. For this place will eat you alive.
(music)

VOICE: You have slaughtered the hornet's nest.

VOICE: We have hope, or we die.

VOICE: It's not for you.
(music)

VOICE: I will speak to the mayor.

VOICE: Who the hell do you think you are?
(music)

VOICE: You think you're going to march in here and tell me --

VOICE: I want the best hospital for your people, and for mine. Begin the mission. And the means will come.

VOICE: What kind of New York we want.
(laughter)

VOICE: We have to fight. We all do.
(music)
(inaudible)

GLENN: It opens up March 8th. It is Cabrini. Get your tickets now. Angel.com/Glenn.

Exposed: Obama-Biden Judges’ Shocking Coup to Sabotage Trump’s Agenda

There is a judicial coup happening against President Trump, Glenn argues. Glenn exposes the activist Obama and Biden-era judges who are conducting a full-scale, coordinated assault against the mandate that the American people gave Trump. There’s Judge James Boasberg, who tried to stop Trump from deporting illegal immigrant criminals. Then, there’s Judge Ana Reyes, who halted Trump’s trans ban in the military (and who also has a long history of donating to Democrats). Also fighting Trump are judges Theodore Chang and Amir Ali, who are trying to reverse Trump’s dismantling of USAID. This isn’t normal “checks and balances.” This is left-wing judges using lawfare to play president and fight the dismantling of the deep state.

Watch this FULL episode of Glenn TV HERE.

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EU Elites’ Shocking Plot to Sabotage Trump Exposed!

Are European Union elites working to “sabotage” President Trump’s plans for the West? Glenn speaks with Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, who makes the case that Trump is trying to reset the West and stop the “managed decline” of the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset. But many European leaders are so embedded into that old system that they won’t go down without a fight. Glenn and Kevin also discuss Trump’s negotiations with Mexico and Canada, whether former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss was right to call Britain a “failed state,” and why Kevin believes Trump’s cabinet, JD Vance, and one other thing are Trump’s biggest wins.

Former Sniper WARNS Major “Instability” May Hit This Summer

Former U.S. Army Special Forces Sniper Tim Kennedy joins Glenn to warn that “real instability” is coming across many parts of the world, including the Middle East, Haiti, Congo, and other parts of Africa. And one of the main signs of this is “the killing of Christians” at high levels in those regions. With a civil war brewing in Afghanistan, “genocide” level attacks in regions of Africa, and more trouble on the horizon, predictive models have found that things could very likely boil over soon. But Kennedy details how the Trump administration, especially Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, and Pam Bondi, are working overtime to “get ahead of what we know is coming” and keep Americans safe.

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GLENN: We're talking to Tim Kennedy. Talking to the president about the border, and what's going on with the border this week. And I said, you know, if I were, you know, a Mexican citizen. And knowing that my government was in bed with the cartels. I would be hoping that some special forces just showed up in the middle of the night. And started killing people. In these cartels. And I said, well, that would be news breaking if I said that was a good idea.

You know, I hope it doesn't come to that. It was clear, that that is on the table. I mean, that really has to happen. Does it not?

I mean, that is a collapsed narco state in Mexico. Isn't it?

MATT: Yeah, we -- the rules of war that we'll be experiencing for the next five to ten years are not the traditional maneuver warfare that people remember from Korea and from Vietnam, and from even -- you know, we know who our enemy is. These are going to be businesses.

These are syndicated criminal organizations, that do not fight fair, and the cartel owns both the businesses, the corporations, and the criminal networks that are involved in that.

So, yes. It's absolutely on the table. And a group of people that are sitting on like the go button, are absolute savages, Mr. Beck.

GLENN: They are. I know some of them. I know some of them.

And they're just like -- and they're just -- they're just champing at the bit to go, I know. I know.

TIM: That's the truth.

We're in conversation with the cartels right now. And the cartels are saying, hey, we don't want to die. We don't want to be wiped off the face of the planet, which we know is not going to happen. So, you know, are there other options. Hey, what if we stopped human trafficking?

What if we stopped fentanyl production entirely?

What if -- what if all of that just goes away. What if we stop and seal the border on the south side. What are you -- will we maybe be allowed to transport some cocaine and some marijuana?

I'm totally fine with this. If we stop fentanyl. Human trafficking. Gun smuggling. And we stop the invasion of our border, I'll -- and we don't have to do a while bunch of killing.

You know, whatever.

But they know they're on the brink of --

GLENN: I hope they do.

TIM: Of existence.

GLENN: I hope they do.

You know, when you look at what's happening here.

And what they're bringing over here.

I mean, it has to stop, dead in its tracks.

It has to stop.

And it has to stop soon. The president is dealing with these courts. Which I just think is judicial insurrection as Mike Lee puts it. And it has to stop.

The president has to protect our borders, and has to protect our cities. This is -- you know, this is the opium wars, done to China by the English.

You know, 200 years ago. 150 years ago. And now they're doing it to us.

That's what -- that's what is happening.

TIM: Yeah.

GLENN: Tell me about the Christians and genocide, that you believe is on the horizon.

TIM: Just yesterday.

Back at the White House yesterday.

Listening to some brief about -- there's some brilliant companies that are able to do predictive modeling.

Using literally every public and classified source of information.

And there's these events that are pretty predictable.

You know, they predicted what would happen in Afghanistan. Predicted what would happen in Ukraine.

They see regionally that on the very near horizon, as soon as like late summer.

We are going to see real instability throughout CENTCOM and the Endo-Pacific region.
And some of those things -- some of the catalysts that are -- the data points are what are the killing of Christians.

And it's happening all over CENTCOM.

And --

GLENN: Explain CENTCOM. Explain CENTCOM for anybody who doesn't what CENTCOM means. Explain that.

TIM: Just imagine the Middle East starting kind of in north Africa.

And western Asia. And everything that has lots of deserts. And lots of Muslim countries -- just -- by coincidence, there's also Israel. That's in CENTCOM.

One of the few non-Muslim democracies, in that whole entire region.

Ask, you know, the Houthis and Hamas. And Hezbollah.

And then in former countries, like in Syria and Iraq, Afghanistan, those places, it's just a massacre of Christians, right now.

GLENN: So let me take a one-minute break.

Come back, because I want to talk to you more about that. Because you've been involved. We've been with you with Mercury One, and trying to help. And I know what we're gearing up for.

And I want to see if there's anything that you need and you would recommend, besides told prayers for Christians.

And I want to go deeper into what this predictive model is showing in just a second.

First, let me tell you about Preborn.

You know, if you were in the room with a woman who was thinking about giving up her baby.

What would you say?

If a scared young woman looked you in the eye and said, I don't think I could do this.

I'm alone. I don't know if it's really a baby yet.

What would you do?

Would you yell at her? Would you say, you can't do that! You'll go to hell.

Or would you tell her, you're strong enough. You are. Show her pictures of your kids maybe. Talk about miracles?

Talk about God? Talk about anything?

Anything. We're here for you. Would you just wait.

None of us would show her pictures of an aborted baby. None of us would yell at her.

Okay? The truth is, we'll never be in that room. Most of us. But Preborn will not be in that room. They don't argue or shame.

They do something really simple. It turns out, it's very persuasive. Just offer her a free ultrasound. And when she hears that tiny heartbeat. When she sees the image on the screen, everything changes. More than half the time the mom chooses life, the rest of the time, she's like, I -- I just -- I'm alone. I can't afford.

And that's where they come in, after that. They take care of mom. This saves two lives. This saves the life of torture for that woman, and the baby's life.

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GLENN: So, Tim, maybe we'll have you on -- we're doing a big benefit for the Nazarene Fund.

This fall.

I don't even have details on it. I just heard about it yesterday.

What that is, we go and rescue Christians. Or we pay and help people like you, go rescue Christians.

We just empower people like you, to help.

I would love to invite to that. When we get closer, I will.

Tell me about this predictive model. Why is it saying that it's going to get so bad? What's coming our way?

TIM: Yeah.

The Nazarene Fund, and Mercury One, just for -- love you guys.

I don't -- you know, we publicly can't say a lot of the things that we do at save our allies.

But none of it is possible without you, quite frankly.

Like if you look at me, and our team in Afghanistan. Or in Ukraine. Providing humanitarian aid. And pulling people out of the war zones.

Although to the Far East, as far as I possibly can get in far Russia.

Every place that we have been, has been because of you, quite frankly. Mr. Beck.

GLENN: Please. Stop calling me Mr. Beck.

Give credit. This audience is so gracious. They are so gracious.

TIM: Yeah. They just have an understanding.

Samaritan purse. Mercury One. Nazarene Fund.

We see you guys every single place, in the worst, most dire condition. So, you know, Glenn, thank you so much.

To your question, you know, we are -- if you just look in the past month, you know, you can look to Syria. You can look to the -- next to our bill.

You can look to the Congo.

Where you see thousands of Christians being killed.

You see Muslim converts, that were being specifically targeted. Down in Congo just last week.
Another 29 Christians were killed. In 2025, in like the region in Syria. There was like this region of violence. Another thousand were killed.

And so if you take -- if we're going to look for similar areas in the region, and try to predict the instability of a particular administration or government.

There's a whole bunch of -- and we can take historical data from the past 50 years. And start looking at, okay.

Economically, what is happening for instability?

What is happening culturally?

What is happening on -- in the markets?

What's happening in like -- really clear data points. And we have this bell curve of what's normal. And then you have these outliers that are -- that then keep occurring, every time there's a coup. Or every time there's genocide.

Or every time -- and there's enough data now, where we -- especially with AI. And we can scrape all of history.

We can then very accurately start, you know -- all the special operations side. I'm trying to find somebody in space and time.

It's -- that's -- used to be a difficult thing, to predict where a human is going to be.

So I could maybe bring them to justice, and if we look at the first 95 days of the president in office, and our intelligence community specifically, that told them they're going to work. With, you know, Kash Patel, enabling them. Pam Bondi.
45 Americans that have been illegally detained abroad brought home.

You know, we're knocking on the door of 100 radical terrorists, want to do harm to Americans. Dead.

And we are trying to get ahead of what we know is coming. Which is, complete near Civil War in Afghanistan.

Trying to get stability in Congo -- obviously, we see what's happening in Haiti.

And every time one of these places starts becoming less secure and stable, that is the breeding ground for radical adversarial groups, that are funded by our adversaries, like and mine Iran.

To then conduct attacks on Americans.

But they're not doing it direct.

It's like via proxy.

But Haiti, if we don't pay attention to it, China will use it.

Congo will --

GLENN: Yeah, I know.

TIM: And it just keeps happening.

GLENN: Tim, I can't thank you enough for what you do. You're really a remarkable man. It was such an honor to see you at the White House.

And as usual, see you at the White House and you're serving. Serving veterans.

So thank you for everything, Tim.

God bless you.

TIM: Yeah, you're amazing. Always in your corner. Let me know what you need.

GLENN: You've got it. Thank you, Tim Kennedy. US Army Special Forces. He's a sniper. Former UFC fighter, and really a servant to our vets.

Next year, it's going to be a tough year. All the way around us the world.

It's going to be very tough. What he's saying, is coming.

I -- you know, people say, I think Donald Trump will say for a reason, to save the republic. I'm not sure, that we understand God's mind.

It may have just been to postpone and give us more time to prepare. I'm not sure.

I hope we save the republic. But it might be time to prepare. Because things are very, very dicey in the world, and we just need to be prayerful.

Thoughtful. Jesus-like people.