September 20, 2023 • 10 mins
Executive Producer Thierry Cagianut discusses the inspiration and the mission behind the new movie "Mother Teresa And Me"...
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(00:01):
For now, we're gonna talk ofthe movie producer on a story that I
think we all know this personality orknew her, knew of her and her
amazing work to serve the poor duringher lifetime. Terry Cash and who's with
us, a filmmaker and producer ofthe movie Mother Teresa and Me. Welcome,
(00:21):
Terry. We thank you for you, Terry, for having me on
your show. Absolutely, I meanthe story of Mother Teresa is astounding,
the selflessness, the way she conductedher life and spend her time in the
(00:42):
slums for lack of a better expressionin Calcutta. And I think it's so
moved people to try and be ofservice in their own communities. So tell
me what you've put together. Yeah, So this movie, you know,
it's called Mother Terry and me,me, and we wanted to inspire to
(01:04):
you know, today's use, butnot only the use, but for most
of use, you know, toto to act in the spirit of Mother
TERI say, you know, withall the wars, the internal strife,
we need that spirit out there.And we thought, you know, if
we can move people to do smallacts of kindness through this movie will be
(01:26):
and then we'll have a better worldbecause through small acts of kindness, you
know, you you restore people's humandignity, you know, from the downthrown
and people's been left aside. Sothat's very very important. And so we
came up with this story of thisyoung woman that's the me in the movie,
(01:46):
who's a a young woman of Indiandescent. She's pregnant and her boyfriend
abandons her. The parents wants tomarry her to a nice Brahmian boy and
she's deadper confused, she wants tohave an abortion. Then she flees to
Calcutta to see her nanny and findherself. And through the nanny who's been
(02:07):
a fifty years ago adopted by MotherTeresa and still works for her order,
she discovers the person of Mother Teresa. Because if you're thirty years old,
you don't know Mother Teresa. Youdon't recall her. You know the name,
you might have seen a picture,but you don't recall what she was.
And so she discovers Mother Teresa.She starts reading the letters of Mother
(02:31):
Teresa, and she discovered that MotherTeresa had this crisis where also where she
felt abandoned by Jesus and she wasbeing abandoned by her boyfriend, you know,
and father of the child she's bearing, find the kinship with Mother Teresa,
and she starts working in the houseof the dying, taking care of
(02:53):
the poor first, you know,of a dying woman starts working in the
orphanage, and through the work kingand taking care of others, she kind
of solves all problem, finds anew perspective on life. And at the
end we're pretty confident that she's goingto do the right thing. And through
that device of having that story ofthis young woman we come from. We
(03:16):
discovered Teresa through the eyes of thatyoung woman, you know, and we
go back, we go into flashbacksinto the nineteen forties, into the nineteen
fifties, and we lived through thetime where Mother Teresa, you know,
she was a nun with the LorettoOrder. She was sent to India to
(03:38):
be a teacher in school. Andyou know, after the after World War
Two, we had the partition ofIndia, the Indian and Pakistan, and
you had this mass migration, alot of lots, and a lot of
misery and death. And that's wherewe find Mother Teresa. That's where you
know, this enormous poverty came fromand she has the second calling when Jesus
(04:02):
speaks to her and she says toher, you know, I wants you
to go take care of the poorsof the poor on the streets. And
she relates that to her bishop whogoes to the Vatican. Takes two years
time, and they then allow herto be exclostrated. That means to live
as a nun on the streets.And from the moment she hits the streets,
(04:28):
basically Jesus stops talking to her.And from that moment on, you
know, she goes to that exists, says, you know, believe,
chrisis and desperation, anger, allkind of emotion. But what's amazing is
that she keeps up to the mission. She never throws in the towel,
she keeps getting up every morning.And that's what impresses Kavita, and that's
(04:55):
what, you know, gets herto turn around her life. And that's
what I think is inspiring to alsoto young people today not to feel like
victims, but to pick when you'rein a crisis, follow mother Teresa,
you know, and pick yourself up, pull up your socks and go on,
you know, and you'll and you'llsolve your problems. There have been
(05:17):
famous world leaders who've spent time withher who were aware of her cause,
Princess Diana for one, and andthat was help That was helpful in that
that created more publicity so that peoplecould donate money to help with that cause
because Mother Teresa, like you said, it was kind of out on her
own right, Yes, very much. So you know even today, you
(05:41):
know, people think, oh,you know, it's Mother Teries of Calcutta,
but a few people realize that todaythere are over five thousand nuns of
her order and they're all over theworld. You know, they have little
spots where they held the purse ofthe poor, not just in Calcutta.
So it's a very vibrant order.And our hope is that people get motivated.
(06:05):
You you know, when people wouldcome to and say, you know,
they wanted to help in Calcata,she would say, you have more
misery where you come from than here. Well, the greatest misery is solitude,
and so go home and love yourfamily. You know that that you
will do a lot of good.And that's what we're trying to inspire people
(06:25):
to to do the smallest acts ofkindness that eventually, you know, we
have all these drops of love andcompassion across the world. It will make
for a better world. Now thissounds like a little bit preachy, you
know, and maybe you're just likelike, oh my god, what kind
of movie is that? But thisis an extraordinarily cinematic movie. Beautiful photography,
(06:50):
music, drama, fantastic acting,you know, the kind of movie
that you know. Right now you'rein the cinemas, you're almost only see
superhero movies or special effects movies.But this is a fantastic ride. You
know, we recreated India of thenineteen fifties. You know you were talking
(07:12):
about the slums. You know,we recreated slums. Where did you do
this? Where did you shoot this? We shot it in Mumbai, in
Calcutta and in London. Okay,it's called Mother, Teresa and Me.
And it has a premiere on Thursday, October fifth, I understand. Yeah,
so it's Fadom release. Who fathomis s a th h O M.
(07:35):
Who's releasing it on October sixth andwe're depending on This is a fantastic
movie. Oxtca awardy movie. I'mnot kidding. And but we have no
st we have no stars, wehave no famous director, but just a
phenomenal movie. And we're depending onpeople to go see this movie, to
get up there from their couches,and that's just worth while seeing it and
(07:59):
take their friends, end and family, and so then it will be in
theaters as we can have a secondday, you know, we can extend
the run. I see and soI urge your audience to go to Fathom
Events dot com. Fathom it's ah O M and pre buy ticket.
(08:20):
It's in eight hundred plus cinemas allover the country in Kentucky specifically. You
have a lot of screens there.Good and you'll find a theater near you,
book it and be a great success. Excellent. That's Fathom Events dot
com. They can do it.The movie is called Mother, Teresa and
Me and it's showing this one nightonly, Thursday, October fifth. So
(08:41):
we'll just get the word out onthat. Mister Cash and who I appreciate
and I know that you've put alot of love into this project and it
was financed with donations and profits aredonated to charitable institutions and foundations to keep
working with the poor. So it'sa noble gesture. Yeah said that means
that's fifty percent of the ticket price, said, you're going to pay for
(09:01):
this ticket is going to go tothe poorest of the poor in the spirit
of Mother Teresa. Beautiful. Allright, thank you so much, mister
Cashinu. Well, thanks for havingit. Terry. It's very nice to
be with you. You bet allright. That's Terry Kashineu, filmmaker,
producer of the movie Mother Teresa andMe. And he said, obviously,
(09:22):
this is a project of love,trying to reflect this unbelievably selfless woman from
so many decades ago who just wentout on her own. She got permission
from the Vatican, but went outon her own to take care of the
poorest of the poor in the inthe toughest corners of Calcutta, and did
inspire people globally. So see thefilm Mother Teresa and Me on Thursday,
(09:46):
October five, go to Fathom Eventsdot com to learn more how you can
get a ticket, and he said, there are plenty of screens in Kentucky
that will be showing it. Fathomf A T h O M Events dot
com. Back in a few onnews radioweight forty w h as
For now, we're gonna talk ofthe movie producer on a story that I
think we all know this personality orknew her, knew of her and her
amazing work to serve the poor duringher lifetime. Terry Cash and who's with
us, a filmmaker and producer ofthe movie Mother Teresa and Me. Welcome,
(00:21):
Terry. We thank you for you, Terry, for having me on
your show. Absolutely, I meanthe story of Mother Teresa is astounding,
the selflessness, the way she conductedher life and spend her time in the
(00:42):
slums for lack of a better expressionin Calcutta. And I think it's so
moved people to try and be ofservice in their own communities. So tell
me what you've put together. Yeah, So this movie, you know,
it's called Mother Terry and me,me, and we wanted to inspire to
(01:04):
you know, today's use, butnot only the use, but for most
of use, you know, toto to act in the spirit of Mother
TERI say, you know, withall the wars, the internal strife,
we need that spirit out there.And we thought, you know, if
we can move people to do smallacts of kindness through this movie will be
(01:26):
and then we'll have a better worldbecause through small acts of kindness, you
know, you you restore people's humandignity, you know, from the downthrown
and people's been left aside. Sothat's very very important. And so we
came up with this story of thisyoung woman that's the me in the movie,
(01:46):
who's a a young woman of Indiandescent. She's pregnant and her boyfriend
abandons her. The parents wants tomarry her to a nice Brahmian boy and
she's deadper confused, she wants tohave an abortion. Then she flees to
Calcutta to see her nanny and findherself. And through the nanny who's been
(02:07):
a fifty years ago adopted by MotherTeresa and still works for her order,
she discovers the person of Mother Teresa. Because if you're thirty years old,
you don't know Mother Teresa. Youdon't recall her. You know the name,
you might have seen a picture,but you don't recall what she was.
And so she discovers Mother Teresa.She starts reading the letters of Mother
(02:31):
Teresa, and she discovered that MotherTeresa had this crisis where also where she
felt abandoned by Jesus and she wasbeing abandoned by her boyfriend, you know,
and father of the child she's bearing, find the kinship with Mother Teresa,
and she starts working in the houseof the dying, taking care of
(02:53):
the poor first, you know,of a dying woman starts working in the
orphanage, and through the work kingand taking care of others, she kind
of solves all problem, finds anew perspective on life. And at the
end we're pretty confident that she's goingto do the right thing. And through
that device of having that story ofthis young woman we come from. We
(03:16):
discovered Teresa through the eyes of thatyoung woman, you know, and we
go back, we go into flashbacksinto the nineteen forties, into the nineteen
fifties, and we lived through thetime where Mother Teresa, you know,
she was a nun with the LorettoOrder. She was sent to India to
(03:38):
be a teacher in school. Andyou know, after the after World War
Two, we had the partition ofIndia, the Indian and Pakistan, and
you had this mass migration, alot of lots, and a lot of
misery and death. And that's wherewe find Mother Teresa. That's where you
know, this enormous poverty came fromand she has the second calling when Jesus
(04:02):
speaks to her and she says toher, you know, I wants you
to go take care of the poorsof the poor on the streets. And
she relates that to her bishop whogoes to the Vatican. Takes two years
time, and they then allow herto be exclostrated. That means to live
as a nun on the streets.And from the moment she hits the streets,
(04:28):
basically Jesus stops talking to her.And from that moment on, you
know, she goes to that exists, says, you know, believe,
chrisis and desperation, anger, allkind of emotion. But what's amazing is
that she keeps up to the mission. She never throws in the towel,
she keeps getting up every morning.And that's what impresses Kavita, and that's
(04:55):
what, you know, gets herto turn around her life. And that's
what I think is inspiring to alsoto young people today not to feel like
victims, but to pick when you'rein a crisis, follow mother Teresa,
you know, and pick yourself up, pull up your socks and go on,
you know, and you'll and you'llsolve your problems. There have been
(05:17):
famous world leaders who've spent time withher who were aware of her cause,
Princess Diana for one, and andthat was help That was helpful in that
that created more publicity so that peoplecould donate money to help with that cause
because Mother Teresa, like you said, it was kind of out on her
own right, Yes, very much. So you know even today, you
(05:41):
know, people think, oh,you know, it's Mother Teries of Calcutta,
but a few people realize that todaythere are over five thousand nuns of
her order and they're all over theworld. You know, they have little
spots where they held the purse ofthe poor, not just in Calcutta.
So it's a very vibrant order.And our hope is that people get motivated.
(06:05):
You you know, when people wouldcome to and say, you know,
they wanted to help in Calcata,she would say, you have more
misery where you come from than here. Well, the greatest misery is solitude,
and so go home and love yourfamily. You know that that you
will do a lot of good.And that's what we're trying to inspire people
(06:25):
to to do the smallest acts ofkindness that eventually, you know, we
have all these drops of love andcompassion across the world. It will make
for a better world. Now thissounds like a little bit preachy, you
know, and maybe you're just likelike, oh my god, what kind
of movie is that? But thisis an extraordinarily cinematic movie. Beautiful photography,
(06:50):
music, drama, fantastic acting,you know, the kind of movie
that you know. Right now you'rein the cinemas, you're almost only see
superhero movies or special effects movies.But this is a fantastic ride. You
know, we recreated India of thenineteen fifties. You know you were talking
(07:12):
about the slums. You know,we recreated slums. Where did you do
this? Where did you shoot this? We shot it in Mumbai, in
Calcutta and in London. Okay,it's called Mother, Teresa and Me.
And it has a premiere on Thursday, October fifth, I understand. Yeah,
so it's Fadom release. Who fathomis s a th h O M.
(07:35):
Who's releasing it on October sixth andwe're depending on This is a fantastic
movie. Oxtca awardy movie. I'mnot kidding. And but we have no
st we have no stars, wehave no famous director, but just a
phenomenal movie. And we're depending onpeople to go see this movie, to
get up there from their couches,and that's just worth while seeing it and
(07:59):
take their friends, end and family, and so then it will be in
theaters as we can have a secondday, you know, we can extend
the run. I see and soI urge your audience to go to Fathom
Events dot com. Fathom it's ah O M and pre buy ticket.
(08:20):
It's in eight hundred plus cinemas allover the country in Kentucky specifically. You
have a lot of screens there.Good and you'll find a theater near you,
book it and be a great success. Excellent. That's Fathom Events dot
com. They can do it.The movie is called Mother, Teresa and
Me and it's showing this one nightonly, Thursday, October fifth. So
(08:41):
we'll just get the word out onthat. Mister Cash and who I appreciate
and I know that you've put alot of love into this project and it
was financed with donations and profits aredonated to charitable institutions and foundations to keep
working with the poor. So it'sa noble gesture. Yeah said that means
that's fifty percent of the ticket price, said, you're going to pay for
(09:01):
this ticket is going to go tothe poorest of the poor in the spirit
of Mother Teresa. Beautiful. Allright, thank you so much, mister
Cashinu. Well, thanks for havingit. Terry. It's very nice to
be with you. You bet allright. That's Terry Kashineu, filmmaker,
producer of the movie Mother Teresa andMe. And he said, obviously,
(09:22):
this is a project of love,trying to reflect this unbelievably selfless woman from
so many decades ago who just wentout on her own. She got permission
from the Vatican, but went outon her own to take care of the
poorest of the poor in the inthe toughest corners of Calcutta, and did
inspire people globally. So see thefilm Mother Teresa and Me on Thursday,
(09:46):
October five, go to Fathom Eventsdot com to learn more how you can
get a ticket, and he said, there are plenty of screens in Kentucky
that will be showing it. Fathomf A T h O M Events dot
com. Back in a few onnews radioweight forty w h as
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