This film is a “beautifully told story,” Erwin said. He shared that he hopes audiences “take away the power of standing up for one person.”
Erwin said that “a lot of times we ask ourselves, ‘What can I do? I’m one person.’”
“A lot of times, I think the enemy uses that to paralyze us,” he explained. “This little boy in this story, who has physical disabilities and is made fun of by his classmates, chooses to stand up for this one girl.” She is a classmate that “didn’t even treat him right in school, and by doing that, not only transformed her life, but transformed generations to come after her that ultimately hit [Julian’s] story who’s a bully and doesn’t realize who he’s named after.”
“There’s just so much beauty in this story that I want my children to take away from of don’t worry about changing the world, worry about changing one life,” Erwin added.
“White Bird” is in theaters everywhere on Oct. 4.
