The CYR Film Library

Films created, written and/or Produced

by Creative Youth Resources

Topic: Destiny

Theme: We all have a purpose in life.

Plot: This film is about a teenager who struggles over his purpose and meaning in life. One day, he saves a child’s life and tells his girlfriend that that act may have been the reason he was born. That weekend, while cleaning his mom’s attic, he discovers in her diary that he was never born. At that moment, he ceases to exist and because he never existed, the child he had saved is killed because he wasn’t there to save him.

Ad Line: "How would it feel to wake up one day and discover you had never been born?"

Without Reservation

Topic: Life after Death

Theme: We must be prepared for the judgment that follows death.

Plot: A group of six fun-loving teenagers are suddenly killed in a tragic car accident after winning the State Championship in basketball. Four of them will enter a new dimension, never to return. Victims of a fatal automobile accident, they find themselves suspended in time and space, somewhere between Heaven and Hell. Through a "window" in space, they are able to observe those they have left behind and to preview their individual destines.

Ad Line: : "If you think you have plenty of time, this film will make you think again."

Best Seller

Topic: Bible

Theme: God wants to speak to us through the Bible

Plot: : A young man discovers one night that God speaks to him through his car radio. The teenager is the lead singer in a band who is trying to find fame. During the band’s journey towards success, the young man spends more and more time in his car so that he can hear from God and what God wants him to do in his daily life. He tries to convince the band that God is speaking to him through his radio but, when the band is in the car, God never speaks. One day, one of the boys in the band suddenly turns the

Ad Line: : "If a voice spoke to you through your radio, would you listen?"

Safe At Home

Topic: Heaven

Theme: Heaven is a great place to spend eternity.

Plot: A little boy is accidentally killed by a batted ball in a Little League game and immediately finds himself in a giant baseball stadium in the sky. Overwhelmed at how great Heaven is, he sneaks out to go back to earth to tell his friends only to discover that his friends are now teenagers and have gone their own ways. One of the teens can see him, though, and the little boy helps his friend reach his other friends with the promise of Heaven.

Ad Line: "Would you come back for your friends, even if you knew you were Safe At Home?"

Innocent Again

Topic: Molestation

Theme: People can overcome the pain of having been molested.

Plot: : A young man struggles with the fact that his father molested him as a child. A foster family tries helping him to address his destructive behavior by looking at his pain. His secret is stopping him from having meaningful relationships with people around him. After running away, he finds the strength to reveal his secret to his foster family that frees him to find the intimacy that he has been looking for in relationships.

Ad Line: "Freedom from secrets is in the telling of them."

Sink or Swim

Topic: Cheating

Theme: We eventually get caught.

Plot: This film is about a teenager who cheats his way through school and life. Having cheated on a major test, he is confronted by a friend about how unfair cheating is to him and others. His friends try to convince him to admit to his teacher that he has cheated on the test. He struggles over the fact that admitting that he has cheated will cause him not to be able to swim at the State meet.

Ad Line: "It can take you down."

Echo In the Night

Topic: Suicide

Theme: Finding hope in the midst of depression.

Plot: A teenager struggles with his thoughts of suicide. He won’t allow anyone into his dark world filled with discouragement, isolation, and despair. Through the intervention of a close friend who gets him to talk about the darkness in his life, he discovers hope and chooses not to take his life but to take his life in his own hands and make something wonderful out of it.

Ad Line: "Some stories have a happy ending".

Too Much

Topic: Drinking

Theme : Drinking is destructive to one’s health and the health of those around him.

Plot: A young tennis player begins drinking because of peer pressure and the desire to fit in. His drinking leads him into a series of destructive behaviors caused by his drinking. He continues drinking because he thinks he can handle it. After nearly killing someone in a car accident, he chooses to sober up his life and to find pleasure, confidence, and maturity in positive, constructive choices and actions.

Ad Line: "Empty bottles bring pain".

The Crossing

Topic: Salvation

Theme: Discovering Jesus’ love demonstrated on the cross.

Plot: : A teenager’s world goes upside down when his best friend dies of leukemia. Attending his funeral, he is surprised that his best friend actually shows up for his own funeral sending the teenager’s world into turmoil. His friend, only visible to him, takes him on a journey into four rooms on the other side of life that reveal the truth of "Salvation". Through the journey of the four rooms, the teenager discovers what God’s love is and how deeply he is loved by Jesus.

Ad Line: : "Some bridges take us to wonderful places"

Jason’s Choice

Topic: Family

Theme: How valuable families are.

Plot: A teenager minimizes the love his family has for him and spends all of his time with his friends. Embarrassed by his parents and family, he avoids them as much as possible. He discovers in a crisis that while his family sticks with him, his friends don’t. He begins, then, to invest time in his family and to accept their uniqueness and contributions to his life.

Ad Line: "Families are forever."

Sex Has A Price Tag

Topic: Sex

Theme : The risks in premarital sex

Plot: Most teenagers don’t know the price of sex before marriage. This film brings to light the emotional risks and physical consequences of having sex outside of marriage. Pam Stenzel gives a compelling, personal, engaging, interesting, and medical look inside the topic of sex.

Ad Line: An honest look at premarital sex.

Invisible Enemies

Topic: Spirituality

Theme: Our lives are influenced by a Spiritual world

Plot: : An ordinary teenager discovers a pair of glasses that allows him to see the evil spiritual world and it’s influences on people around him. He tries to convince his friends that he can see the evil around them, but when one of them puts on the glasses and can’t see anything, the group mocks him. That night, he interprets the writing on the inside arm of the glasses that states, "only one is given the power to see." Later that night, he discovers that these evil spirits are drawing his sister away from the Light into the Darkness. He eventually rescues his sister from her destructive habits with her friends and helps her to discover once again a life of joy and love.

Ad Line: "You haven’t seen anything yet."

Shattered

Topic: Future events

Theme: The Second Coming of Christ

Plot: This is a story that takes place fifty-two days in the future at a mental institution. A clinical counselor is attempting to help six kids that are living in denial. He wants them to come to grips with a major event that has taken place. He discovers in his journey with them that even he is living in denial after the disappearance of his own wife. By the last counseling session, they all learn the secret to their nightmares.

Ad Line: "They never saw it coming".