Steve Hoover
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Five Questions for Almost Holy Director Steve Hoover
In the early 2000s, amid political turmoil in the Ukraine, a pastor named Gennadiy Mokhnenko battled child homelessness and drug addiction using unorthodox methods. The controversial pastor abducted homeless children, many of whom suffered drug addiction, and forcibly brought them to Pilgrim Republic, a rehabilitation center he founded in the city of Mariupol. Relying on a mix of interviews and footage which tracks the self-appointed savior’s mission over fifteen years, Almost Holy is a complex portrait of a complex person. The film was directed by Steve Hoover, who directed the Sundance Grand Jury and Audience prize-winning Blood Brother, which also focused on a self-appointed savior […]
by Paula Bernstein on May 20, 2016 -
Fruitvale and Blood Brother Take Top Sundance Awards
Tonight at a ceremony in Park City, the Sundance Film Festival handed out the awards for this year’s edition. The night’s top awards went to Fruitvale — directed by one of the “25 New Faces” of 2012, Ryan Coogler — in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, and the documentary Blood Brother, directed by Steve Hoover (previous a guest blogger for the Filmmaker site), with both movies taking both the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award in their respective categories. Fruitvale, based on the true story of the killing of Oscar Grant, was picked up by The Weinstein Company earlier in the week, following a frenzy […]
by Nick Dawson on Jan 27, 2013 -
Blood Brother | Director Steve Hoover
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Sunday, Jan. 20, 11:30am — Prospector Square Theatre, Park City] Blood Brother was built on of the sacrifices of many people. Personally, I sacrificed time, money, comfort and security. I think I even sacrificed a bit of my fading youth, as aging seemed to speed up over the course of production. But I can’t confidently call these things sacrifices in light of the true sacrifices made by the lives of those featured in Blood Brother. My passion to make Blood Brother created a willingness in me to pay whatever price necessary in order to tell this amazing story. It […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 19, 2013 -
Trailer Watch: Blood Brother
A month ago, director Steve Hoover wrote an excellent guest post for the Filmmaker site talking about the experience of making Blood Brother, the documentary about his childhood friend Rocky Braat, who moved to India to look after AIDS orphans. This week I got word from Hoover that a new trailer for the film has arrived, which you can watch below. Look out for Blood Brother early next year, when it should premiere at one of the winter festivals.
by Nick Dawson on Sep 28, 2012
