This week’s movie pick is Homestead, which is an original production by Angel Studios. (See other “Weekend Movie Picks.”)
In the movie, a nuclear bomb detonates and residents flee to the mountains to escape the blast. One family has prepared and have a homestead, which runs off the grid with its own supply of energy, water, and food. Expecting to live there for years, they carefully ration their supplies.
Relatives and other townspeople show up asking to move in with them. The central plot is about the family trying to determine the appropriate balance between sharing their means with others while protecting their own resources so their family can survive. The government even shows up, trying to confiscate their food to ration it out to the town.
What would you do in such circumstances? What is your obligation to your family vs. others who need help? After watching the movie, you may want to have a family discussion about the morality of defending your family in dire times and helping others.
Watch Homestead on Prime Video or on VidAngel. You may also want to watch The Homestead Series, which picks up where the movie ends. The series follows the survivors within the Homestead as they clash against one another and the violent world outside. Are they an ark or a fortress? Is it kill-or-be-killed, or is God doing something greater?
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