Watch the red carpet at the Dallas screening of “Faith Under Fire”
Tuff remained calm and was able to communicate both to the gunman Michael Hill and emergency services. The troubling ordeal ultimately ending in a peaceful surrender and Hill was later sentenced to 20 years in prison. Tuff later relocated to Texas and is a member of the Potter’s House in Dallas. Bishop T.D. Jakes serves as her Pastor but is also boasts a brilliant business mind. Learning more and more about Tuff, he joined forces with Tuff and later Lifetime to tell her story! After procuring rights to the story, Bishop Jakes approached the Lifetime television network to produce the made for tv film “Faith Under Fire” starring R&B superstar Toni Braxton.
Film Synopsis:
Seven time Grammy® Award winner Toni Braxton stars as Antoinette Tuff, a struggling single mom from Georgia who heroically averted a tragedy, saving hundreds of lives when she convinced a deranged gunman who stormed an elementary school to surrender. On August 20, 2013, shortly after arriving to work at the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Georgia, Antoinette the school’s bookkeeper, was in the front office when Michael Hill (Trevor Morgan, Abducted), a young man with a history of mental illness, snuck in, armed with an AK-47 and
hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
As the school went into lockdown, Antoinette was left alone with Michael, who repeatedly threatened to kill everyone. Showing enormous courage and empathy, along with nerves of steel, Antoinette convinced Michael to surrender by using her own life struggles to connect with him. Antoinette’s faith in God guided her through the toughest moments of her life, ultimately preparing her for that fateful day.