Meet The Mormons: Church Of Latter Day Saints

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In the documentary, Meet the Mormons, we are shown the lives of six devoted members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. During the movie the viewers are exposed to the day-to-day life of these individuals and how they balance family church and other activities.

The first of the six is Mormon Bishop Jermaine Sullivan. Sullivan is a father, academic counselor, and a Bishop of the Atlanta Georgia branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We caught a glimpse into Bishop Jermaine Sullivan’s life because we wanted to know what it was like to balance, a family, a career, and the volunteer work that comes with being a Mormon. He comes to explain that balancing these tasks can be hard at times though his faith, students,

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