Love Different (2016)

Love Different: Directed by Anthony Hackett. With Jenn Gotzon, Anthony Hackett, Thomas Mikal Ford, Kevin Fredericks. Lindsay Walker, a Caucasian woman who grew up in a small, all-Caucasian town, gets a job at an African-American consulting firm and experiences a complete culture shock. Neque Campbell, an African-American co-worker, Neque Campbell, is assigned the task of acquainting Lindsay with the African-American culture. Through their hilarious and eye-opening journey together they both come to understand more than they expected.

“There have been wonderful faith-based movies made by African-American producers like Tyler Perry, T.D. Jakes and others. However u0026quot;Love Differentu0026quot; is a body of work by Producer/Director Anthony Hackett which defies a label and even a category. It is so woven with continuously flowing themes of humor, love, faith and human interaction that 94 minutes go by without you noticing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Love Differentu0026quot; tells the tale of a young Iowa born and bred woman (expertly portrayed by Christian actress Jenn Gotzon as Lindsay Walker) who accepts a job at an all-black consulting firm in Maryland. Right off the bat, we know where this is heading. The humor and cultural clash immediately become evident, fueled by some excellent writing by Anthony Hackett and his team.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe head of the consulting firm, the affable Mr. Chamberlain, assigns his best consultant – JonNeque (Neque) Campbell to come alongside Lindsay Walker in order to give her a two day crash course in u0026quot;Black Cultureu0026quot; after discerning that his new consultant may be unable to relate to her prospective new clientele. The humorous crash course in the culture fall under the rubric of u0026quot;donu0026#39;t try this at home, folksu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, while this is going on, a few subplots develop. One subplot involves Nequeu0026#39;s equally professional wife, a regular church-going woman, who is beginning to feel neglected. The second subplot revolves around the Jenn Gotzon character (Lindsay) and her parenting skills with her teenage son. Both main characters in this warm, humanity-enhancing film are individually competent in their careers, but are also works in progress – needing to u0026quot;love differentlyu0026quot;. Neque is in need of understanding his wifeu0026#39;s u0026quot;love languageu0026quot; – attention. Lindsayu0026#39;s need at this time is to be firmer in a phase of discipline with her rebellious but really obedient son, with tough love.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe premise Anthony Hackett used to underscore the title of his movie is the actual project on which he and Jenn Gotzon (Lindsay) are supposed to be working. It revolves around a public relations campaign for a youth outreach program, of a traditional church. Like many of the churches in any cityu0026#39;s older neighborhoods in America, this church had lost most of its youth and sought out this consulting agency to handle its outreach optics.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf this movie can spark renewal and a reflective look at our human interaction, in a personal, social, work and community level, it would be a beautiful statement.”