- [Editor's note: When Laura Newman joined up our team of New York based writers little did I know that we'd find ourselves in such a predicament. Apart from being a short film filmmaker (she has something very cool coming up in early 08'!), she had mentioned her involvement as part of a unique traveling gospel. Traveling gospel? It is one that I was already familiar with due to a fervent documentary short film on a figure named Reverend Billy that I had caught at the Sundance a couple of years back. As fate would have it - we are now showcasing a documentary film release with one of our own writers featured in the film itself. How peculiar. I've screen capped & circled the interviewee below. Enjoy the interview!]What Would Jesus Buy? is a docu-comedy, gift-wrapped just in time for the holidays by producer Morgan Spurlock and director Rob VanAlkemade. It features Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping on a month long crusade across America to save Christmas from consumerism. I’m a big fan of the Church of Stop Shopping, so much so that in 2001 I joined their fabulous choir. In the 6 years since, I’ve traveled the world, been arrested in front of Starbucks, sung a gospel rendition of the First Amendment to thousands and fallen in love with an incredible community of activists and artists. The choir itself is made up of filmmakers like myself, singers, scientists, recovering corporate types, painters, teachers and preacher’s kids. Led by Reverend Billy and our director Savitri D, we passionately protest the demonic corporations that are destroying our environment, our communities and the economy. Through
- 11/16/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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