The Threshing Floor: A Resurrection Story on Film
Written by Jason Phillips
Addiction stories are often told through statistics, case studies, and sensationalized headlines, but rarely do they reach into the soul with raw vulnerability and faith as the guiding light. The Threshing Floor, directed by Brad Alexander and produced by Wise Old Crow Media, breaks that mold with a deeply personal exploration of redemption, masculinity, and the power of surrender. Stonecutter Media has acquired the North American distribution rights, ensuring that audiences across the United States and Canada have had access to the film since its premiere on September 9, 2025, across major cable, satellite, and digital platforms.
At the heart of the 97-minute feature is Tim Arrigo, motivational speaker and founder of Beyond Driven Enterprises, whose own scars from addiction became his ministry.
The turning point came when I realized why I was so effective in the clinical setting. It wasn’t just my education or licensure, it was my scars. Clients could see I wasn’t speaking from a textbook; I was speaking from the trenches. The same pain that nearly destroyed me became the exact reason men opened up, trusted me, and finally let someone in,Arrigo explained. That awareness became the seed for The Threshing Floor.
I knew the documentary had to go beyond inspiration. It had to be raw, unfiltered, and sacred, because that’s how healing actually happens.
For Arrigo, filming was far from easy.
It was losing friends along the way: men I loved, counseled, prayed with, and believed would make it. Some of them are gone from overdoses, suicides, relapses that ended in silence. Feeling that grief while filming… that was the heaviest weight. There were moments during filming when I’d stop mid-sentence, because their faces would flash through my mind. It wasn’t just my story I was telling. It was theirs too. The ones who didn’t get the ending I did. And that hurts me, but it also inspired me at the same time. I kept going because I had to honor them. If this film reaches one person on the edge, then we did our job.
The documentary does more than highlight one man’s journey. It dismantles cultural myths about masculinity and strength, particularly in the context of addiction. “Men aren’t dying because they’re weak. They’re dying because they’ve been taught to hide. To perform. To never let anyone see them bleed. The film dismantles that lie. The Threshing Floor shows that vulnerability isn’t the end of masculinity, but the beginning of transformation,” said Arrigo.
It reframes purpose as something that doesn’t come from proving yourself, but from finally facing yourself. My aim is to give men permission to stop pretending and start healing to show that walking through the fire doesn’t make you damaged, it makes you dangerous to the darkness.
For Alexander, who grew up alongside Arrigo in Orange County, the story was as personal as it was universal. “I think a big piece of our connection was that Tim and I had known each other as kids, so I saw firsthand some of his story when it was unfolding. I wasn’t so far removed from it, and there’s a lot of commonality in his story, especially with where we grew up in Orange County. We’ve both lost a lot of friends to the drug epidemic too,” he shared. “What was very different, though, was the way Tim talked about recovery, and that drew me in when we reconnected. I felt like there was a story bigger than us that had a fighting chance to change the conversation at large, and that was worth going after.”
Alexander also revealed how the project grew in unexpected ways, especially after meeting the family of Kevin, a childhood friend of Tim’s who was the first in their community to die of an overdose.
When I met Kevin’s family, it clicked that while Tim is still here, a lot of people have lost their lives to substance abuse. We wanted to give a face to it, so we shared Kevin’s story through his family, and it’s one of the most emotional sequences in the film. I still talk to Kevin’s mom to this day; she checks in to see how my wife and kids are doing, and can’t imagine the film without her.
The production itself required courage, both from those in front of the camera and those behind it. Producer Reed Stoecker, who transitioned from enterprise technology into filmmaking, remarked,
Opening up those memory catalogues, getting vulnerable, and retelling stories of a life that has passed takes guts and a passionate leader like Brad who is willing to bear it all for the sake of delivering hope to others.
But the thread tying everything together is faith. “Without faith, there is no Threshing Floor. This isn’t just a recovery story. It’s a resurrection story. Every frame of this film is rooted in the belief that true transformation doesn’t come from willpower alone, but from surrender. From God stepping into the ashes and doing what human effort couldn’t,” said Arrigo. He hopes the film redefines how people see addiction.
Addiction isn’t just a chemical issue. It’s a soul issue. People don’t end up in dark places because they’re weak, they end up there because they’re wounded. This film reframes recovery as a spiritual awakening, not a clinical diagnosis… We want every person watching to walk away knowing: you’re not too far gone. There’s still purpose in your pain. And you were never fighting alone.
When The Threshing Floor became available on September 9, 2025, through platforms including Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, and cable carriers like Comcast, DirecTV, and Verizon Fios, it became clear the film carries more than just a message of recovery. It carries the conviction that scars tell stories of survival, vulnerability is strength, and faith transforms lives.
