U2 Singer Bono to Release Film about The Psalms with Bible Translator Eugene Peterson

Leah Marieann Klett : Apr 25, 2016
Gospel Herald

"Bono and Eugene Peterson: The Psalms" will be released April 26.

According to a report from the New Boston Post, the 20-minute film, "Bono and Eugene Peterson: The Psalms", is set in Peterson's Montana home and in New York's gallery for the International Arts Movement and follows a conversation about the book of Psalms as the foundation of their friendship. U2's lead singer became friends with Peterson after they met in 2010 during the band's 360 tour. (Photo Credit: Taylor Martyn/Fuller studio/via Gospel Herald)

The documentary is produced by Fourth Line Films and directed by Fourth Line's Nate Clarke. The NBP notes that the film is the first production to be released by the Pasadena school's new website, Fuller Studio, a resource from Fuller, a seminary founded by a 1940s preacher who reached the masses through radio broadcasts.

"Our hope is that as a result of watching the film, people will be curious or inspired to read the Psalms themselves and to discover this remarkable book of poetry in Holy Scripture that has captured Bono and Eugene's imaginations," David Taylor, the film's producer and director of Brehm Texas, which is an initiative of Fuller Seminary's Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts told the New Boston Post.
 
"Their conversation at the Peterson's home in April 2015 represented their second time to meet and it proved to be a very lovely afternoon together."

He added that the film will "connect with fans of U2, fans of Eugene's writing, church and lay leaders, artists, worship leaders, and folks involved in the...

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