SummaryAmerican Jesus is a vivid mosaic of personalities and conflicting points of view that emerges as a portrait of an America yearning for solace and meaning in the modern world. An exploration of Christianity in every faction of American life, from the bread line to the yoga studio, from the humble churches of snake handlers to the mega churches of ... Read More
Directed By:Aram Garriga
Written By:Aram Garriga, Xavi Prat
American Jesus
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May 22, 2014
80
A restless, sunnily shot, one-thing-after-another travelogue of the peculiarities of American worship and belief.
May 23, 2014
50
Garriga aims for depth in the third act, contextualizing religious conservatism as a reaction against the social revolutions of the 1960s. But the reduction of Christianity into just another political group feels like a dilution, a conversion of wine into water.
May 14, 2014
30
It’s not clear what Aram Garriga thinks he is accomplishing in his simplistic “American Jesus,” but he’s not accomplishing much.
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Production Company:
- Caravan USA
- Glass Eye Pix
- Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)
- Televisión Española (TVE)
- Visualsuspects
- Zabriskie Films
Release Date:May 14, 2014
Duration:1 h 20 m
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
