ORLANDO, Fla. -Cancer is a horrible disease that affects people of every country, color, creed and religion. It has the potential to rip apart families and friends, and it can even threaten our deepest core beliefs.

However the new movie “Letters to God” tells an inspiring story about a boys faith and how it helped him throughout his battle with the horrible disease.

David Nixon, who directed “Letters to God” as well as “Facing the Giants” and “Fireproof”, took questions at Valencia Community College on Dec. 3 and talked a little about his new movie coming to theaters in the Spring of 2010.

“Cancer touches everybody.” Said Nixon “It's touched my family, my friends, that's the reason we made this movie.”

“Letters to God” is based on a true story about a young boy who is diagnosed with cancer. The young boy finds comfort by writing letters addressed to God and putting them in the mail.

Nixon says that the goal of the movie wasn't only to entertain, but to also create a community of support such as books, music, and websites. “The movie is just a catalyst to get people to dialogue about this.” Nixon said. “There are all of these other elements that are created around the movie to help people through a situation, in this case it's cancer.”

Not only is Nixon and “Letters to God" providing moral support to those affected by cancer, they are providing monetary support as well thanks to the non-profit organization that is being set up to pour 30 percent of all proceeds from the movie back into cancer research and christian charity organizations.

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