A black, tenured, female professor loses her job at a prominent Christian college for wearing a hijab and claiming that Christians and Muslims worship the “Same God.” The ensuing controversy exposes the rifts within evangelical Christians over race, Islamophobia and gender...foreshadowing the even deeper schism over Donald Trump.
Linda Midgett is an independent documentary filmmaker, TV producer, showrunner and screenwriter with more than 600 hours of writing, producing and directing credits on many major networks, including NBC-Universal, The History Channel, A&E, Discovery, PBS, National Geographic and LMN (Lifetime Movie Network). She is also the producer/director of the feature documentary “Same God,” which won the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2019 Bentonville Film Festival. Linda’s showrunning credits include History Channel’s iconic series “Gangland”; Investigation Discovery’s “FBI: Criminal Pursuit”; and NBC’s daytime syndicated reality series “Starting Over.” “Starting Over” won an Emmy in 2005, and was nominated for several more. Linda’s documentary credits includes Hometown Stories: The Greek-Americans of Charlotte for PBS, which won a regional Emmy for best cultural documentary; Through My Eyes, a documentary about teens struggling with suicide, depression and eating disorders. Through My Eyes was nominated for a regional Emmy, and was awarded the national Voice Award for excellence in mental health programming; The Line, a film about people living below the poverty line, commissioned by social justice organization Sojourners; and The Stranger, a film on immigration reform commissioned by the Evangelical Immigration Table.