PERSECUTED / (BR)

A popular evangelist races to clear his name after being framed for murder by a U.S. senator in this topical thriller from writer/director {|Daniel Lusko|} (Riptide, Never Surrender). The winds of religious reform are blowing through the United States, but influential preacher John Luther ({|James Remar|}) is the one man who stands in the way of progress. As a result, Lusko incurs the wrath of a sinister U.S. senator, who turns the pastor into a media pariah by kidnapping him and implicating him in the murder of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, Luther plots to expose those who are exploiting the innocent girl's death for profit, and learns that America's Christian community will soon face mass persecution. {|Dean Stockwell|} and Bruce Davidson co-star.