“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

John Adams, in an address to the military on October 13, 1789

Producers

Redhill Town Films is located in Washington, DC. We have partnered with Providence Park Productions out of Atlanta, GA, to make, in the summer of 2023, our short proof-of-concept pilot that is available upon request. We are actively seeking a producer for season one of this epic adventure story.

Introduction

This is not a sleepy, library series on the American Revolution, the kind that drones on and on. 

An Appeal to Heaven is an epic adventure story, based on true events. 

The American Colonies are on the brink of an unwinnable war. Set in 1770s Massachusetts, American rebels are up against the world-dominating British Empire. 

The United States is an underdog story likened to Frodo up against Mordor in The Lord of the Rings, the narrow escapes of Dr. Jones in the Indiana Jones series, and the unexpected triumph in films like Rocky and The Karate Kid. And, yes, Skywalker versus Vader.

Everyone loves a hero. We have seen heroes from this period portrayed in The Patriot, Turn, and John Adams. 

It’s time for the everyman story: heartfelt, personal, and endearing, where common people must act uncommonly to protect their way of life, way of faith, and way of governance. 

“If we cannot establish an Agreement upon these terms, let us leave it to another & wiser Gen eration . But it may be worth Consideration that the work is more likely to be well done, at a time when the Ideas of Liberty & its Importance are strong in Mens Minds. There is Danger that these Ideas will hereafter grow faint & languid . Our Posterity may be accustomd to bear the Yoke & being inured to Servility they may even bow the Shoulder to the Burden . It can never be expected that a people, how ever numerous, will form & execute a wise plan to perpetuate their Liberty, when they have lost the Spirit & feeling of it.”

A letter by Samuel Adams to the Committees of Correspondence throughout the Colonies, October 21, 1773