THE STORY

A pastor of a small urban church makes a public declaration of sanctuary — vowing to shelter anyone the state threatens to remove by force. What begins as an act of conscience quickly escalates into a standoff that draws media, government agencies, and members of the congregation who did not sign up for a revolution but must now decide if they believe what they claim to believe.

Sanctuary is a taut social thriller that asks whether faith is real when it costs something — and whether the church is still willing to be the body that stands between power and the powerless.