A Video Portrait Of Barack Hussein Obama...You think twice before voting!

Wondering who the filmmaker is behind the 13-minute attack video A Video Portrait of Barack Hussein Obama? So were we. Though the narrator identifies himself as "Lorne Baxter," and e-mails to the production company are answered by "Rodney Talmud," it turns out the man behind the video is a 28-year-old Christian television producer from North Carolina named Jason "Molotov" Mitchell, who has priors for inflammatory YouTubing.

Jason "Molotov" Mitchell is producer and host of the Christian television show Flamethrower.

The video, you'll recall, has supposedly racked up a million-and-a-half views on the conservative-leaning Eyeblast.tv. Among other things, it regurgitates the false viral e-mail claim that Obama refuses to put his hand over his heart during the national anthem, and claims that the Democratic candidate has been a disciple of racism, Marxism, quasi-Christianity, Islam and anti-Semitism.

"When we are at war with Islamic terrorism, can Americans elect a man with not one, not two, but three Islamic names?" the video poses.

The viral video provides a rare opportunity to examine the source of a pseudonomous internet political smear, the type of which is widely expected to play a role in November's presidential election. Recent press reports have shown that such attacks have already gained traction with some white voters, who erroneously believe that Obama is a Muslim, based on internet chain letters making the claim.

The video was made by Mitchell's company, Illuminati Pictures. Mitchell is former wedding videographer who now produces and hosts a weekly Christian television show called Flamethrower, which began airing on the satellite network Faith TV last October.

A round-table show featuring Mitchell and three other Christian panelists, Flamethrower is best known for a segment that never aired. Produced in January, Mitchell's video Making Mohammed Cookies! shows a chef, wearing Islamic headdress, baking a cookie in the shape of the Muslim prophet. He's interrupted at one point by his roommate, whom he shoots with a handgun while yelling, "Jew!"

Faith TV refused to broadcast the video, setting off controversy with some conservatives. Mitchell subsequently put a portion of the video on YouTube.

"He tamed the show down a lot after that," says Faith TV vice president Mark MacGregor. "I told him we're not going to air that, and if he keeps doing that kind of thing we're not going to air him at all.... I felt like we could reach the Muslim community through a loving tone."

Jason Mitchell appears in a still taken from a tribute video produced by his wife for the couple's anniversary. The tattoo reads "zealot."



MacGregor, who was not familiar with the Obama video, describes Mitchell as a talented producer with a "real heart for speaking the truth," and contempt for political correctness.

"He makes a lot of political statements that can be incendiary," says MacGregor. "We air it on Saturday night at 10 p.m. We used to air it earlier in the day, but we moved it into the evening because of that kind of thing."

Mitchell's cookie video has accumulated about 1,000 views on YouTube, which makes his new video far more successful. Though prominent conservative bloggers and pundits seem to be shying away from the Obama smear, it's being aggressively hawked on message boards and in e-mail, in much the same way as earlier, ongoing e-mail chains striking the same themes.

An e-mail in circulation promoting the Obama video, penned by a self-described friend of Mitchell's, encourages readers to "forward it to as many people as you possibly can."

"Key figures have told us that this video has the potential to really change things, if we can get enough people to watch it," the e-mail reads.

Burn, a new and innovative film school for youth, is helping to ignite creative passion among some North Carolina teenagers. The one-semester pilot program recently finished, and by all accounts it has been a tremendous success.

Burn is the brainchild of Jason Mitchell, founder and president of Illuminati Pictures, a Christian filmmaking company.

About three years ago, Mitchell?who has experience in film, TV, commercials, and music videos?had a vision for a top-quality film school for young people. The result is Burn, a rigorous program that takes students deep into the world of filmmaking?from a Christian worldview.

Burn's goals are threefold: 1) To awaken students to the grandeur of God and his creation in new ways; 2) to help students tap into their creative brilliance by utilizing the mind of Christ; 3) to teach students the practical means necessary to realize their artistic concepts within the entertainment industry.

"Anyone who follows Christ, and I mean really follows, as in follows Scripture to its logical conclusions every time and choose to live by them, will be magnificently creative," he continued. "My artistic choices reflect all the hope and wonder of my belief. Scripture tells us that anything is possible to him who believes, so Burn students are taught to stretch their imaginations in every respect, from concept to completion, as long as they remain within the vast borders of God's Word."

The program includes several components, including a weekly class that met for four hours on Monday nights at Raleigh's Evergreen Community Church. The program's first class of nine students explored 18 units on topics including Worldview, Business Etiquette, Creative Thinking, Administration, and all aspects of the filmmaking process, from Pre-production to Directing to Editing to Distribution (see full curriculum here).

Each unit explores the topic from a biblical perspective. The Worldview 2 unit, for example, seeks to answer the following questions: "How can Scripture be applied to lighting? Would Jesus direct a horror movie? Can filming be a spiritual experience?"

Weapons of Mass Creation

"Just imagine!" says Mitchell, looking to Burn's future. "One thousand of our most brilliant, hard-core Christian youth being trained and sent out to fight the culture war every year?an army of creators, or 'weapons of mass creation' as I like to call them."