Marjoe
A hybrid documentary and exposé that follows former child evangelist Marjoe Gortner along the church-tent revival circuit, examining the showmanship of evangelism and the religion business on the eve of televangelism. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Director(s)
Howard Smith
Details
GenresDocumentary
Runtime1h 28 mins
Released on24 Jul 1972
Languageen
Produced InUnited States of America
Reviews
Chimpanzee
5/10
It's a weird one. On the one hand it's an interesting insight into the shady world of evangelism and the mind of a man who doesn't believe what he's preaching. But the film doesn't really go anywhere or tell much of a story. It just seems like a lot of footage of Marjoe evangelising inter-cut with interviews, all of which ends rather abruptly without making any real point or coming to much of a conclusion.
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