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Mel White
Born 1940-06-26 · Santa Clara, California, USA
James Melville "Mel" White (born June 26, 1940) is an American clergyman and author. White was a behind-the-scenes member of the Evangelical Protestant movement through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, writing film and television specials and ghostwriting autobiographies for televangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Billy Graham. After years of writing for the Christian right, he came out as gay in 1994 and devoted himself full-time to minister to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people, also writing extensively on the subject of gay Christians. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mel White, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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6.3A documentary look, mostly through the eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, at her rise and fall as a popular televangelist with husband Jim Bakker.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2000
7.0America's 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy - from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing documentary explores their world - in their homes, at conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel. By interweaving Christian, Zionist, Jewish and critical perspectives along with telling archival materials, the filmmakers probe the politically powerful - and potentially explosive - alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel...an alliance that may set the stage for what one prominent Evangelical leader calls "World War III."
Waiting for Armageddon
2009
5.6This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.
After Stonewall
1999
4.2A full-length documentary about a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals. The film brings us inside this unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several young people whose homosexuality is at odds with their religious beliefs.
Cure for Love
2008
5.0Lonnie Frisbee was a young hippie seeker fully immersed in the 1960s counter culture when he claimed to have experienced an encounter with God while on an acid trip. This event so transformed him that Lonnie became an itinerant Christian evangelist, something of a John the Baptist of Southern California who compelled thousands of fellow spiritual seekers to make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. During the 1970s Lonnie Frisbee became widely known as California's "hippie preacher," the quintessential "Jesus freak" whose pictures frequented such magazines as Time and Life as the media told the story of a burgeoning "Jesus movement." Lonnie Frisbee provided the charismatic spark that launched the Calvary Chapel church into a worldwide ministry and propelled many fledgling leaders into some of the most powerful movers and shakers of the evangelical movement.
Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher
2005
6.9An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
For the Bible Tells Me So
2007
4.7Alexandra Pelosi travels through the United States interviewing and filming several evangelical pastors and congregations.
Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi
2007
1.0A documentary that describes why marriage equality must be allowed for all adults. It outlines the struggles to get legal marriage and informs the discussion which helps counter the profusion of attacks on marriage equality, which continue unabated to this day. There are 13 main interviews with lesbian and gay community leaders, along with impromptu, brief interviews with numerous people at the 1994 Seattle Gay Pride Parade. Interviews are conducted by Demian.
The Right to Marry
1996
4.8Documentary exploring the often tormented relationship between the gay community and the Christian community.
God and Gays
2006
Behind the camera
In 1961, a Christian clod named Merrill Womach survived a Thanksgiving plane accident and gas explosion that left his face and body burnt to a crisp. But instead of giving up, he sang and survived, turning tragedy into a lucrative career.
He Restoreth My Soul
1975
In 1961, a Christian clod named Merrill Womach survived a Thanksgiving plane accident and gas explosion that left his face and body burnt to a crisp. But instead of giving up, he sang and survived, turning tragedy into a lucrative career.
He Restoreth My Soul
1975
NRRev. Dr. Mel White’s famous documentary on the murderous cult leader, Rev. Jim Jones
Deceived: The Jonestown Tragedy
1979
A parable of Charlie reaching the clowns with God's word
Charlie Churchman and the Clowns
1968
A parable about YOU, CHRIST, and HIS CHURCH
The Circus
1968
A parable about YOU, CHRIST, and HIS CHURCH
The Circus
1968