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Marjoe

You Keep the Faith...Marjoe Keeps the Money

1972 · 1h 28m · PG Documentary
Directed by Howard Smith , Sarah Kernochan

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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.

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For many complicated reasons, fundamentalist Christianity in America doesn't look the same today as it did in 1972, when Marjoe won the Academy Award for best documentary.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
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In 1972, Sarah Kernochan and Howard Smith's Marjoe was enough of an eye-opening sensation to make news of itself and Oscar winners of its creators.

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

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