Marjoe
“You Keep the Faith...Marjoe Keeps the Money”
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.
Details
Release Date: 7/24/1972
Runtime: 88 minutes
Languages: English
Directors: Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith
00Production
Companies: Mauser Productions, Cinema X
Countries: United States of America
Where to watch · US
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Chimpanzee
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.
