Angus Buchan’s remarkable journey from farmer to evangelist is brought to life in a new documentary now streaming, revealing the faith, family and challenges behind his public ministry.
The Making of Angus Buchan has entered the streaming circuit. Angel Studios unleashed the powerful 2024 documentary about the 79-year-old South African ‘Faith Like Potatoes’ farmer-evangelist on 30 September. Although still somewhat limited in South Africa, the film is available to Angel’s Australian and New Zealand paid subscribers. Content is added or rejected by Angel’s test viewers, known as the Angel Guild, so not every film makes the cut. The significance of this wasn’t lost on the film’s creators, Downtown Entertainment (DE), either. When announcing the addition on social media, they said this was “the part that gives us chills.”
Marketing the release, DE explained, “To get greenlit on Angel, a series has to go in front of the Angel Guild, around 3,000 test viewers, mostly in the US, most of whom had never even heard of Angus Buchan before. “They watched. They voted. And 70 to 75% across the series said: yes, we want this on Angel. “That’s not us telling you this story matters. That’s thousands of strangers telling us.”
Behind the Man Millions Have Come to Know
The film is independent of Buchan’s Shalom Ministries and contains exclusive testimony about his faith, work and life. Promoting the documentary on Facebook in early 2025, DE stated, “Not many individuals have been privy to the more intimate aspects of Angus Buchan’s life. Until now.” They then described the film as “revealing and beautifully shot.” DE added that it contains never-before-seen footage of Angus’s closest friends and family. This includes his beloved wife Jill, who speaks for the first time about living with and working alongside this dynamic, challenging, and endlessly loving personality.
The Making of Angus Buchan is a three-part series subtitled “Chosen”, “Carved” and “Crowning”. Each episode runs for approximately 30 minutes. More than a memoir, the documentary is a close look at conversion, the call to ministry, and the challenges of being in the public eye. “Uncle Angus” is still working. With nearly 1.2 million followers across five major social media platforms, his daily Thought for Today devotional appears in text, Reel, audio and vlog formats. (See here, here, here and here.)
