Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Nov 10, 2013 | IMDB 5
79 min Watch NowDocumentary
Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas. This documentary follows the troupe, playwright, and audience around the world on a five-year journey of Terrence McNally’s passion play, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community: religion.
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IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 2010
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2020
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IMDB 3.7 | Nov , 2017
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IMDB 3.6 | Apr , 2021
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IMDB 6 | Nov , 1996
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IMDB 5 | Dec , 1942
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IMDB 4.7 | Mar , 2019
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IMDB 9 | Feb , 2019
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IMDB 3.3 | Aug , 2017
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"Our film is about the religious sect of Russian Pentecostals, one of the most reactionary and fanatical cults. Their actions are incompatible with the life and laws of our society. We testify that every frame of this film is documentary."