Release Date: 1972-07-24
Overview: Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Rating: 7.7 / 10
Howard Smith - Director
Sarah Kernochan - Director
Sarah Kernochan - Producer
Lawrence Silk - Editor
Howard Smith - Producer
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 ...