HEART, BABY!: the true story behind the film The Hammer

WARNING: explicit description of prison violence.   “LOVE is a Round Room,” to quote the end song of the film THE HAMMER aka Heart, Baby! was written by director Angela Shelton and prison reform advocate Andy Dixon.     In this special episode the real Doc and George share with director Angela Shelton their thoughts on the cast and crew of THE HAMMER aka Heart, Baby! as well as their favorite scenes and characters.   Starting the conversation are clips from Dennis Ferrier’s Special FERRIER FILES: Why the greatest boxer you've never heard of chose jail over freedom on Fox17 Nashville (shared with permission).   Find out more about the true stories behind beloved real-life characters Sam (Bryce Romero), Randy (Keir O’Donnell), Gypsy (Robert Mello), Dixie (Big Freedia) and Preacher Robin (Darrell Foster).   GET THE DVD NOW at Walmart, Target, Amazon and Redbox.  WATCH ONLINE on Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango, Google Play, MovieSpree

This is the AUDIO version of our SPECIAL ANGELA SHELTON REUNION our patrons get to see! https://www.patreon.com/healthatshit The mayor of Asheville, NC made April 29th Angela Shelton Day in honor of all survivors.  70% of the Angela Sheltons had survived child sexual abuse, rape and/or domestic violence. They healed, left abusive situations, put themselves through school, got sober, and finished a film.  "Angela Shelton" represents breaking the silence, breaking the cycle and healing the world.

In Episode 5 Andy “Doc” Dixon and George “The Hammer” Martin talk about prison reform with writer/director Angela Shelton. We hope you find the discussions provoking, from private prison corporations and their roots in slavery to wounded people needing a confessional. We know there is a problem. Now we can begin to make the change.  We hope this episode opens your heart and mind. Read the book Felonism, hating in plain sight written by Andy and his wife Linda at felonism . com They also bring up Angela’s work with healing from trauma work and the Sword of Trauma concept. She hosts another podcast with the co-producer of The Hammer called 101 Ways to Heal That Sh*t. Both are on survivormanual dot com.

SPOILER ALERT - George is alive and talking! In Episode 4 George shares all kinds of stories with writer/director Angela Shelton including how the prison system messed up his paperwork and had him in as a blind white dude. (Now that’s some real fake news!) George shares fantastic BOXING stories and how he sent a letter to John Tate’s manager Ace Miller to tell him to send his best in there. George was arrested right after he turned 18 for burglary and got a 40 year sentence for robbery. Inside he became a boxer and is to this day undefeated. He humbly admits that he never saw the goodness in himself that others did, even after he knocked out everyone. He shares about his relationship with his transgender cellmate Crystal. “I was the only one on the compound holding hands. And then other dudes started doing the same thing. The rec would say, ‘Everybody want to be George Martin.’”     George shares how he stopped judging after being inspired by Crystal. “She inspired me about a lot of things. She was dead on that Bible, strictly from the Bible. She said, ‘I’m a woman trapped in a man’s body.’” George admits that’s what made him quit judging others.   Our original song HEART, BABY! shared throughout was written by Andy Doc Dixon and Angela Shelton and performed by Jackson Rathbone.   SCORE composed by Jay Weigel. https://thehammertruestory.com/episode-4-george [https://thehammertruestory.com/episode-4-george]

*SPOILER ALERT*  Some scenes from the movie THE HAMMER and conversations give away some gold! For those who have not seen the movie yet, you might want to save these episodes. For our fans who have seen it, you will LOVE these.   Writer/director Angela Shelton [https://angelashelton.com/] interviews Andy Doc Dixon [http://andydocdixon.com/] AND the real George "The Hammer"  Martin [https://orange-smilodon-hbbp.squarespace.com/the-real-george-and-doc] about the divine elements of this film, their lives in and out of prison and the one scene in the film The Hammer that they both have the hardest time watching.   We have an idea to get GEORGE online to teach us boxing while we’re in quarantine, even if just for a workout. Get ready, we had this idea so that means it’s gonna happen.   We also share what we recently learned was the reason we were not accepted into any of the big festivals - it’s a shocker that we never would have seen coming!   ORIGINAL SONGS written by Andy Doc Dixon [http://andydocdixon.com/] and Angela Shelton [https://orange-smilodon-hbbp.squarespace.com/angela-shelton], sung by Andy with a NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD version of our title song Heart, Baby!   SCORE composed by Jay Weigel [http://jayweigel.com/].   https://thehammertruestory.com/podcast [https://thehammertruestory.com/podcast]