Pensacola promoter and filmmaker Elrico Tunstall will debut his film “Sacred” during the first weekend of Foo Foo Fest at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
For the Army veteran who served over two tours in combat zones, the film lets him show off his creative talent and hometown.
The medical drama tells the story of widower Dr. Darin Brooks and his adult children as they battle to keep their legacy and hospital in Pensacola.
“The family has so much to lose as the father pits the children against each other and outside influences try to stop them,” Tunstall told Inweekly. “Yet, on the opposite end of the coin, there is so much to gain if Dr. Brooks succeeds.”
The press releases have described “Sacred” as a mash-up of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Power” and “Empire.” Tunstall explained, “From ‘Empire,’ we pulled in the family dynamic of a sociopath father, who’s making his kids achieve to be the best they can be. The ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ tie is the love stories of the relationships between the spouses, girlfriends and everybody that’s involved in that world.”
He continued, “And then I would say for ‘Power,’ just the whole dynamic of people trying to stop you from achieving your goal and having to outsmart all the other players. There’s also a little bit of ‘Game of Thrones’ because anybody can get it at any time.”
