Jerry Grimes

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Jerry Michael Grimes II is an ordained Baptist minister and film producer. His best-known works includes the controversial film Death of a Preacher in addition to When the Morning Comes. Grimes is a graduate of Saint Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was the first student to graduate from the institution holding a B.A. in Theater Arts and Film Production. He later attended the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts in Winstom-Salem, North Carolina for two years. It was at this time that Grimes and fellow producers Luther W. Truesdell, Jr. and Aaron P. Clark began producing Death of a Preacher and subsequently screened a rough-cut of the film at the 2002 Hollywood Underground Film Festival in West Hollywood.

After two years of tireless producing, Grimes relented from his pursuits and enrolled into the School of Theology at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. In 2005, Grimes earned his Master of Divinity and was ordained by the Kenansville Eastern Missionary Baptist Association in August of that year.

In September of 2006, Grimes completed his second theological degree, the Master of Arts in Theology, at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

Grimes currently serves on faculty at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina in addition to completing the highly-anticipated sequel to Death of a Preacher entitled, "Death of a Preacher II: The Western Wall."

Criticism of Death of a Preacher

Grimes was vehemently attacked during Q&A sessions following the screenings of Death of a Preacher for the film's often tawdry scenes depicting sexual situations. The film's mature nature caused alarm within the traditionally religious southeastern United States.

While many viewers found themselves uncomfortable with many of the film's depictions of sexuality, there were even stronger cries in Grimes' defense from a number of student groups at Historically Black Colleges.

The Official Jerry Grimes Website A Critical-Review of Death of a Preacher