Do yourself a favor and queue this movie in Netflix. It's exactly the kind of great documentary I was hoping it would be. Much better, actually since I wasn't expecting it to be so funny!
As for some of the comments here expressing sympathy for the so-called victims in the churches, please consider the possibility that we are all responsible for our own spirituality. I think Marjoe was right on when he said he wished they all could see that they don't need someone to put on a big show for them to connect with God.
I felt like the movie did have a transcendent effect, just to have witnessed Marjoe's way in the world. He was just as connected spiritually as he claimed to be under those revival tents, only in a way that the confines of that particular religious culture could never really recognize or acknowledge.
Kudos to Sarah Kernochan for making the film and also, it should be mentioned, for being the first female director to win an Oscar!
As for some of the comments here expressing sympathy for the so-called victims in the churches, please consider the possibility that we are all responsible for our own spirituality. I think Marjoe was right on when he said he wished they all could see that they don't need someone to put on a big show for them to connect with God.
I felt like the movie did have a transcendent effect, just to have witnessed Marjoe's way in the world. He was just as connected spiritually as he claimed to be under those revival tents, only in a way that the confines of that particular religious culture could never really recognize or acknowledge.
Kudos to Sarah Kernochan for making the film and also, it should be mentioned, for being the first female director to win an Oscar!