A Fiery Priest Takes on the Death Penalty in a New Short Doc From Rolling Stone Films

By Brenna Ehrlich

April 3, 2026

Producer James Chase Sanchez is used to people thinking their stories are worthy of a documentary. When Reverend Jeff Hood — a spiritual advisor who accompanies men on death row — reached out to him on Facebook, though, he was intrigued. “He sent a DM to see if we wanted to do a doc on him,” says Sanzhez, of Texas’s a Pound of Snow Productions. “There’s so many people that say, ‘I think you should do a documentary about my work,’ and you roll your eyes. But that’s not Jeff. He believes he’s doing important work and he wants people to see that.”

The result is The Spiritual Advisor...

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“I remember calling Joel and saying, ‘Was he pretending to sleep?’” Sanchez says of the scene. “That’s the sort of a vulnerability you generally would never get. And hearing those voices and seeing it play out, how tired he is after those 96 hours — and knowing that it doesn’t end there. I think it’s important that the viewer see that it wasn’t a one-off. This is his life.”

The Spiritual AdvisorDirector: Joel FendelmanProducer: James Chase SanchezExecutive Producers: Alexandra Dale, Justin Lacob, Brynn Mooser, Jason Fine, Gus Wenner, David DodgeStarring: Reverend Jeff HoodProduction Company: A Pound of Snow ProductionsMade in Association With: Rolling Stone Films and Documentary Plus