Ever since Olisa was a child, Joseph Timmerman has feared that the world might one day find out what he has always known about his daughter - that she has been blessed with very special gifts. Such a discovery might not only shatter their family's lives but cause Olisa to suffer potentially grave consequences.
His anxieties are realized on a fateful 4th of July. A minor skirmish flares into a major conflagration between gangs on the renowned Venice Beach Boardwalk. People flee in all directions except for one woman. She is not afraid as she cradles the head of a notorious gang leader who has been fatally stabbed. While she tenderly massages his bloodied chest, it seems like time has come to a standstill. The fighting ends and the beachgoers watch intently. When the young man slowly rises to his feet clutching his chest not from pain, but from shock, a collective gasp is uttered. A random shout of "It's a miracle!" reverberates across the Boardwalk. However, the impact of this phenomenon will not be exclusive to Venice Beach. A local reporter, who on a fluke captured this miracle on film, will broadcast it throughout the world. The event catapults this striking, yet demure woman to fame overnight.
One Shining Soul is a story about an extraordinarily gifted woman. What if the very embodiment of goodness and love, the salvation of a people, came in the form of a small, beautiful Black woman, born of the Los Angeles riots and living amidst gangbangers? Could our contemporary society simply accept this gift or would it seek to corrupt her into an icon, a diva, and a commercial entity the likes of which the earth has never known? What is known is that the world's survival may rest on her delicate shoulders.
