Proselytism can sometimes send people to canoe to remote islands with inhospitable tribe habitants. Penny Lane has found some docu zealots among programmers (her three features were shown at Rotterdam) and cinephiles alike with her form bending Our Nixon (2013), Nuts! (2016 – Sundance winner), and The Pain of Others (2018). A Cinereach back project, her latest on faith was awarded some coin from the Sundance Institute.
Gist: A wildly entertaining and surprising look at the intersection of faith and activism, that follows one of the most controversial religious movements in modern American history.
Production Co./Producers: Gabriel Sedgwick (Captivated – The Trials of Pamela Smart).
Prediction: U.S Documentary Comp section.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. TBD (domestic). TBD (international).
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