Interesting Dramatic Film on Jehovahs Witnesses
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Nathan Natas
If I can appropriate (and modify) something that AngusOg says in his EXCELLENT book, "Quitting Jehovah's Witnesses" there are four categories of films of this type:
(1) Personal experiences and anecdotes, which usually have a very limited audience and are seldom compelling.
(2) "Conversion efforts" like this and other films from MacGregor Ministries that want you to replace the Watchtower tripe with another brand of tripe
(3) Opportunistic and parasitic projects that either use their film project as a way to fleece XJWs - these never actually produce a movie, they just renew the funds-collection effort every couple of years. Nothing is ever produced except for continuing requests for funding.
(4) Self-promotional projects used to build the reputation of film-school-graduates. These films are poorly written, doctrinally inaccurate, and offer "special advanced screenings" at a price substantially higher than commercial films. Usually the "artist" responsible will have an entourage of groupies who travel with "the artist", enjoying a "rock-star" lifestyle. These films don't appear on DVD or have any lasting value. The "artist" quickly moves on to his next project - one that will get him attention and groupies. This is a new take on the old traveling revival tent tour. The "gospel" changes with each iteration.