A Closer Walk with Thee

Four young Evangelical missionaries set up a house church in the inner city of Los Angeles to try and save the neighborhood from a gang with Satanist tendencies. Jordan is a good Christian kid, except that he's starting to have impure sexual thoughts about his close friend and fellow missionary, Eli. When he's caught masturbating while watching Eli shower, he is outed to the group and painfully ostracized – until Eli, a fledgling exorcist, suggests that a demonic possession might be causing these feelings in Jordan. Indeed, Jordan begins to enact signs of possession, prompting Eli to take action. What begins as a ritualistic method of trying to save their friendship quickly spirals out of control and descends into darkness and violence. (Nashville Film Festival)