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Right wing documentarians. Why the fuck do they exist? Funded by the church, blind-sighted by faith, and entirely oxymoronic. If the shitheap intelligent design effort EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed is anything to go by, Blood Money looks set to be dead awful… Mad pun.

I suggest if you want more than the Christian side of the story, to check out the excellent and harrowing Lake of Fire which covers the abortion issue in a much less impaired and more considered manner.

Funny, the trailer actually has bereaved female actors mixed up in the sensationalised snippets of crapshooting. Do yourself a favour; steer well clear.

http://www.bloodmoneyfilm.com

Documentary Trailers abortion, Christianity

Huie’s Sermon is almost entirely comprised of footage from a single sermon at the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ church in Brooklyn. Apart from the closing shot of Bishop Huie, the film is entirely faithful to the observational form – it contains only two judiciously placed cutaways which show us the deserted ghetto slumland outside.

Huie’s uncut oratory about societal decay, war and economics eventually climaxes into rousing pentencostal song, chorused by the entirely black congregation who, at Huie’s charismatic behest, “step to Jesus”. It all gets a very Sexual Chocolate.

Huie’s message, while being somewhat progressive, also smacks of Christian conservatism as he sweats out moral guidelines denouncing everything from homosexuality to pollution.

While not exemplary of his usual style, Huie’s Sermon exhibits many traits of the classic old school Herzog style.

Titicut Rating: 3.5 / 5

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Documentary Reviews Christianity, New York City, observational, pentecostal, religion, Werner Herzog