Christian moviemakers opt for black cast after glut of whitewashed Bible films
A flood of faith films led many to dub 2014 “The Year of the Bible,” but it was also a year of the status quo in Hollywood. The movie industry has a long history...
Thiedeman’s ‘Sacred Hearts, Holy Souls’ appeals to all audiences
A Catholic all-boys boarding school is an unlikely place for a red-haired, gay teenager to find unbridled acceptance, especially if he’s being bullied. Mark Thiedeman’s short art-house film, “Sacred Hearts, Holy Souls,” is a...
Unconditional – Atlanta Filmmaker Tackles LGBT Homelessness, Religion
Kent Igleheart is an Atlanta actor, but now he’s taking his turn behind the camera in his first short film called “Unconditional.” Igleheart said that one reason for the large number of homeless LGBT...
MIFF 2015 critics campus review: The Volcano
Maria (Maria Mercedes Coroy) is a peasant farmer whose parents have arranged a marriage with the wealthy farm owner’s son, but Maria’s eyes are drawn to Pepe (Marvin Coroy), a lout who gets her...
A Sinner In Mecca – Gay Muslim shoots guerrilla style in Mecca
Parvez Sharma’s 2007 film, A Love for Jihad, questioned his religion’s treatment of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people. It brought him both, accolades and fatwas. But neither that work nor his latest,...
Bangistan
Description from IMDB: Bangistan is a whip smart and uproarious satire on fundamentalism and the story of two unlikely terrorists, the antitheses of each other, with a common destructive goal. Concerned by the unrest...
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2015)
Based on my understanding from reading about Kahlil Gibran, the author of the 1923 book The Prophet, the film’s depiction of Mustafa is consistent with Gibran’s drawing from his Catholic upbringing as well as...
Selling Religion, a comedy pilot
When an unemployed marketing wiz and her equally desperate ad man realize a prophet could equal profit, they set about using their skills to build the perfectly marketable religion with themselves at the top...
Short film on Jain ritual starvation hogs limelight at Kolkata festival
A documentary on the Jain practice of santhara, where a person takes a vow of abstinence and starves to death, has won a Special Jury award at the recently concluded Kolkata Shorts International Film...
‘The Path of Zarathustra’, a film on Parsis to release next month
“The Path of Zarathustra“, a movie that touches upon the Parsi community and their faith Zoroastrianism, will hit the Indian screens in September. “It is an extremely important film to be seen by all....