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For the Bible Tells Me So documentary

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Original title: For the Bible Tells Me So
Year: 2007
Running time: 95 min.
Country: United States
Director: Daniel G. Karslake
Screenwriter: Daniel G. Karslake, Helen R. Mendoza
Cast: Documentary
Music: Scott Anderson
Producer: Atticus Group, VisionQuest Productions
Genre: Documentary | Gay & Lesbian. Religion
Synopsis: We meet five Christian families, each with a gay or lesbian child. Parents talk about their marriages and church-going, their children's childhood and coming out, their reactions, and changes over time. The stories told by these nine parents and four adult children alternate with talking heads - Protestant and Jewish theologians - and with film clips of fundamentalist preachers and pundits and news clips of people in the street. They discuss scripture and biblical scholarship. A thesis of the film is that much of Christianity's homophobia represents a misreading of scripture, a denial of science, and an embrace of quack psychology. The families call for love.

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Awards: 2007: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic

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Critics' reviews

"A powerful documentary."

Andrew O'Hehir: Salon
"Daniel Karslake's movie is more human interest than agitprop."

J. Hoberman: Village Voice
"A compelling, thought-provoking portrait of a quiet challenge rising within America’s churches."

Nathan Rabin: AV Club

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