THE RETURN OF ELDER PINGREE is a feature-length documentary film that follows lapsed Mormon Geoff Pingree as he retraces the steps he took 25 years earlier in Guatemala as devout missionary ‘Elder Pingree.’ He seeks to discover what has become of the Guatemalans who once trusted him with their religious faith, attempts to understand the …
Speaker: Geoff Pingree
Chick Flicks, Ick Flicks, and Sick Flicks
In the modern movie lexicon, the term ‘chick flick” has achieved a recent, rampant popularity. Aside from its inherent condescension, its primary difficulty is the implication that men and women are naturally and universally attracted to very different kinds of movies. Actually, the mass marketers of pop trash pictures have become the new Hollywood tastemakers …
Mormonism On The Big Screen: What To Make Of Richard Dutcher’s Motion Picture Success, God’s Army?
Mormonism On The Big Screen: What To Make Of Richard Dutcher’s Motion Picture Success, God’s Army? Utahans have flocked to see God’s Army more than any other movie this year. Since opening in Salt Lake City in March, it has played, is now playing, and continues to open in major cities throughout the United States, …