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The Celluloid Closet

CGiii Rating

Fundamentalist homophobia as theater from the preacher who wanted to be Mick Jagger.

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Marjoe

Country: USA, Language: English, 88 mins

The Celluloid Closet | Archived Trailer: NOT YET REVIEWED | Documentary | 1972
  • Director: Sarah Kernochan; Howard Smith
  • Producer: Sarah Kernochan; Max Palevsky

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Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the 'church tent' Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and 'the religion business', prior to the start of 'televangelism'.

Watch...

The Story of Marjoe from Ministerio Vuelta a La Vida on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Marjoe Gortner as Marjoe;
Sarah Kernochan as Herself

IMDb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068924/