Marjoe

Original title: Marjoe

88 minutes • 1972 • 7.7 Score

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.

Sarah Kernochan

Director