"The Ragamuffin" film based on the life of Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins released on DVD exclusively in Walmart stores, and will receive national distribution in July.

The movie debuted in select theaters on May 2. The Color Green Films' full-length feature was released in 15 cities around the nation including Nashville, Dallas, Indianapolis, Columbus, Atlanta, Phoenix, Colorado Springs, and Wichita among others.

"Ragamuffin is a stirring film that will touch audiences and challenge them to consider what is most important in their own lives," said director/writer David Leo Schultz. "The movie's heartfelt themes include redemption, forgiveness, faith, and the true meaning of God's unconditional love."

He continued, "The response has been overwhelmingly positive. God is using this film to touch lives, which is what we wanted to do in the first place."

Mullins died in a 1997 accident at the age of 41, grew up in Indiana. He performed with a touring Christian music group in his teens, and then attended Cincinnati Bible College from 1974 to 1978. He moved to Nashville in the 1980s, Mullins wrote songs for Amy Grant, Debby Boone and other notable Christian artists and recorded nine solo projects with Reunion Records. He was nominated for twelve Gospel Music Association Dove Awards throughout his career, and had many #1 radio hits. His church standard, "Awesome God," was voted in 1989 as one of the top three songs of the decade according to the Christian Research Report.

Mullins was just inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.