{"id":14591,"date":"2021-05-13T17:39:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/?p=14591"},"modified":"2021-05-13T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:39:53","slug":"david-oyelowo-focuses-on-family-in-new-movie-the-water-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/david-oyelowo-focuses-on-family-in-new-movie-the-water-man\/","title":{"rendered":"David Oyelowo Focuses On Family In New Movie The Water Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"702\" data-attachment-id=\"14592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/david-oyelowo-focuses-on-family-in-new-movie-the-water-man\/unnamed-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-10.png?fit=1200%2C795&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,795\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed (10)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-10.png?fit=1060%2C702&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-10.png?resize=1060%2C702\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-10.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-10.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-10.png?resize=1100%2C729&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-10.png?resize=128%2C86&amp;ssl=1 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>David Oyelowo takes on the power of faith and family in his new film, The Water Man.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In THE WATER MAN, Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) and his mother (Rosario Dawson) share a special bond, but when his mom\u2019s illness worsens, he disappears into stacks of books on both science and the supernatural in search of possible cures. After learning about the mythic Water Man, who may carry the secret to everlasting life, Gunner and his rebellious friend Jo (Amiah Miller) go on a quest into the Water Man\u2019s mysterious forest. \u00a0Facing challenges and dangers they never imagined, the friends\u2019 hope for rescue lies with Gunner\u2019s father (David Oyelowo), who must immerse himself in his son\u2019s world to follow the clues that will lead him to the kids and put his family back together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Water Man is in theaters now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessica Oyelowo creates a passionate song about Love for the movie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_49847\"  width=\"1060\" height=\"596\"  data-origwidth=\"1060\" data-origheight=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JjjexV2WImw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Oyelowo takes on the power of faith and family in his new film, The Water Man. In THE WATER MAN, Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) and his mother (Rosario Dawson) share a special bond, but when his mom\u2019s illness worsens, he disappears into stacks of books [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2885,755],"tags":[5885,5887,5883],"class_list":["post-14591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-movies","tag-jessica-oyelowo","tag-rosario-dawson","tag-what-love-does"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19320,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/bible-epic-the-book-of-clarence-hits-theaters-in-january\/","url_meta":{"origin":14591,"position":0},"title":"BIBLE EPIC &#8220;THE BOOK OF CLARENCE&#8221; HITS THEATERS IN JANUARY","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"November 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"From visionary writer and director Jeymes Samuel, The Book of Clarence is a bold new take on the timeless Hollywood era Biblical epic. 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