- It just opened this weekend in the big apple and shall spread its angel wings and land in other theaters across the U.S in the weeks and pre-Xmas days ahead, and just before we conclude our coverage (last week Ioncinema.com's Laura Newman interviewed doc filmmaker Rob VanAlkemade and we had fun unwrapping the trailer) we are featuring a n exclusive clip of What Would Jesus Buy?. ...
- 11/20/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- [Editor's note: When Laura Newman joined up our team of New York based writers little did I know that we'd find ourselves in such a predicament. Apart from being a short film filmmaker (she has something very cool coming up in early 08'!), she had mentioned her involvement as part of a unique traveling gospel. Traveling gospel? It is one that I was already familiar with due to a fervent documentary short film on a figure named Reverend Billy that I had caught at the Sundance a couple of years back. As fate would have it - we are now showcasing a documentary film release with one of our own writers featured in the film itself. How peculiar. I've screen capped & circled the interviewee below. Enjoy the interview!]What Would Jesus Buy? is a docu-comedy, gift-wrapped just in time for the holidays by producer Morgan Spurlock and director Rob VanAlkemade. It features Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping on a month long crusade across America to save Christmas from consumerism. I’m a big fan of the Church of Stop Shopping, so much so that in 2001 I joined their fabulous choir. In the 6 years since, I’ve traveled the world, been arrested in front of Starbucks, sung a gospel rendition of the First Amendment to thousands and fallen in love with an incredible community of activists and artists. The choir itself is made up of filmmakers like myself, singers, scientists, recovering corporate types, painters, teachers and preacher’s kids. Led by Reverend Billy and our director Savitri D, we passionately protest the demonic corporations that are destroying our environment, our communities and the economy. Through
- 11/16/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- If by any chance you've managed to come within window-shopping distance of a department store, strip mall, or you name it this past weekend - you'll see that Halloween orange, brown and black-like colors have been replaced by candy cane ugliness. The perfect counter-programming documentary in time for the yuletide season, What Would Jesus Buy? will get a jump into theaters (this Friday, November 16th - approximately the same time that all stores will modify their in-store decors). Later this week Laura Newman interviews the Rob VanAlkemade in an "interview-first" here on Ioncinema.com. Stay tuned. To get into the full shopapocalyse mode click on the poster below to watch the film's trailer or take a detour at the film's official site. ...
- 11/11/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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