Hey, it’s not every day that a friend makes a movie, so here’s a shameless plug. Nathan Scoggins and I are alumni of the Hollywood-based “Act One” program that tries to turn Christian writers, journalists and authors into movie screenwriters.

They were more successful with him than with me.

You may have caught Nathan’s film, The Least of These, a faith-based mystery-drama that features Isaiah Washington — you’ve seen him on “Grey’s Anatomy” — and Hollywood veteran Robert Loggia from such films as Big and Independence Day.

“We didn’t get a theatrical release,” says Nathan. “Such is the challenge of the indie [independent film-making] world right now. But we’ve been airing on Starz and streaming on Netflix, which is a coup.”

The movie screened in several film festivals “and picked up an award for Best Film at a festival in Milan, Italy,” says Nathan, “which was pretty cool.”

 It will be released on DVD on August 2. In fact, it’s already available for pre-order on Amazon.

As you can see from the “trailer” or preview, the film deals with prayer and faith and telling the truth.

Other well-known actors in the film are Bob Gunton from The Shawshank Redemption and Patch Adams, and John Billingsley who was Dr. Flox on TV’s “Star Trek: Enterprise.”

The executive producer is Ralph Winter (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Wolverine). The film’s musical score is by Mateo Messina who wrote the music for Juno.

Nathan wrote the screenplay, then directed the movie on a shoestring budget of about $1 million.

He tells the story of Andre James, played by Washington. He’s a Catholic priest with a troubled past who returns to his old parochial high school to replace a teacher who’s gone missing.

James begins to suspect that he may have been murdered. Nobody wants to talk about his disappearance. Nobody wants answers. Except some of the students.

The film explores faith and doubt, and the need to stand for truth even in the face of opposition and intimidation. One of the film’s themes is Jesus’ notion that “the truth will set you free.”

I believe in supporting films featuring Christian themes. The film was applauded by Ted Baehr’s Movieguide. I’m proud of Nathan. Not everybody can brag that a schoolmate has made it big in Hollywood.

Here’s a look at The Least of These.