A year or two ago, I had the chance to talk with David D. Sabatino about his film “Frisbee: Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher.” Sabatino is a guy who has a lot of controversy surrounding him thanks to his less than generous accounts of people like Larry Norman and Lonnie Frisbee (just check out our comments sections for a little taste of the point/counterpoints being brought up in our onterview with him and coverage of his films, like this: http://www.conversantlife.com/film/bible-stories-of-broken-people-an-interview-with-david-di-sabatino). Sabatino’s Bible stories are about leaders from the “Jesus People” movement, a counter-cultural revival wave that had a profound impact in the Southern California region. It is credited with sprouting both Calvary Chapel and The Vineyard evangelical church movements.

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This is Part 2 of an interview I did with David Di Sabatino (you can see Part 1 here). David is a filmmaker who has made two documentaries he likes to call “Bible stories” – “Frisbee: The Life and Death of A Hippie Preacher” and “Fallen Angel: The Outlaw Larry Norman.” In this interview, David talks about the making of "Frisbee" and the implications of the central character for the church and Christian culture.

Christopher: “Frisbee…” is a very Southern California movie. Vineyard and Calvary Chapel are coming out of Southern California. What are the reactions you’ve gotten to the film within and outside of Southern California?

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