Guest post by Rachel Alexander. This article originally appeared on Townhall and was republished with permission.

Every now and then, a movie that combines heart and brains comes along, capturing the essence of the era. For MAGA conservatives, that film this year is guaranteed to be Potluck Teacher. It's a bit reminiscent of God's Not Dead, but goes beyond religion and delves into MAGA themes that most faith-based films do not expand into.

Potluck Teacher is a brilliant and powerful faith-based drama that explores how Gen Z young people are navigating a harrowing landscape of destroyed families, schools hostile to religious faith, and a culture that celebrates sin and antisocial behavior. The plot centers on Harrison Jones, a clerk at a sports card store. Two high school students come to the store and strike up a conversation.

Jones impresses them sufficiently that when a lazy, jaded teacher encourages her students to find an interesting local person to speak to her class (from which she excuses herself to waste the hour in the teacher's lounge gossiping), they return to the store and ask Jones if he'd like to come and speak. Not knowing Jones' background, they unsuspectedly spark a series of events that end up changing their lives and those of their classmates.