Posted on 05/28/2007 10:00:16 AM PDT by MJMGroup
NEW DOCUMENTARY TO EXPLORE JOSEPH SMITH, MITT ROMNEY & THE MORMON QUEST FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Los Angeles, CA -- May 14, 2007--A Mormon President, the first documentary film to explore the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith's campaign for the US Presidency and its implications for the candidacy of another Mormon, Mitt Romney, has begun production and is slated for a fall 2007 release.
Produced and directed by filmmaker Adam Christing, the film will be released in the heat of a presidential campaign that includes Romney and is part of a movie-making trend of examining the history of the Mormon religion, which includes the forthcoming September Dawn, the story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, and PBS's The Mormons.
Christing, who grew up in the Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church and is a member of the Mormon History Association, says he is not producing a "hit" piece or a "puff" piece about the Mormon Prophet. "This film may be upsetting to "anti-Mormons" because it shows what a generous man and visionary leader Joseph Smith was," he noted. "It may shock some Mormons because it documents the untold story of Smith's secret marriages to more than 30 women and his campaign for President which led directly to his murder in 1844."
Christing who studied theology at Biola University in Los Angeles says his movies tend to focus on the intersection of faith and power. His most recent film Change Your Life! is a mockumentary about the wacky world of multi-level marketing, and is now in post production.
Romney's candidacy has heightened interest in issues related to Mormons and politics and created what Christing calls a "focus moment." "Focus moments are when events and ideas connect to create interest in a particular topic that may have been previously neglected," commented Christing. "We experienced similar moments about Catholicism and Judaism when Kennedy and Lieberman ran for office. Because of Romney we are now in a focus moment about Mormonism. People are becoming very interested in the history of the Mormon church and its connection to the political culture of our nation."
Christing promises to deliver a film that will be both educational and entertaining:
"This is a serious piece, but it will be very engaging," he noted. "I've been fascinated by Joseph Smith's story ever since I was a kid. Here's a man who started a religion, built a city bigger than Chicago in its day, became a Master Mason, and ran for President. He packed more adventure into 3 years than most people experience in a lifetime."
For more information about A Mormon President or to schedule an interview with Adam Christing, please contact Lisa Marie Franco at 310-478-8700 or email: Lisa@creekparkpictures.com
I’ll bet he’s on the payroll of Her Heinous..
I would be more concerned about an excommunicated president, or even one who has been denied communion by his own church.
Better Mormon than Muslim.
Although the origins of the Mormon religion are cultish, I think the status of the group today is mainstream. I’m going to judge Romney by what I think of Romney, not what I think of Mormonism.
When will we get an “American” President?????
People need to know more about Mormon history. I don’t think it has a lot of bearing on Mitt Romney as a person but the book of Mormon is a sham. It isn’t even a very a good one at that. I respect Mormon’s values and commitment to traditional family values but the whole church would benefit from jettisoning the fiction of Joseph Smith. It is a cut and past combination of plagiarizing from the King James bible and smith’s imagination. Islam is the same, a religion founded by a pedophile and yet no one wants to face the facts on either account and in todays sissy world of relativistic truth one can only expect words like bigot to be used as the defense to beat those who dare assault the golden calf of another’s religion.
Are they going to do one on Muhammad next? Or L. Ron Hubbard?
Hold not ye breath, lest ye turn blue and pass out.
I’m holding out for a Hare Krishna President, myself.
;^)
Most religions were founded by rather strange people.
However, once you have a couple of million followers, everything usually turns out fairly normal. There are a couple of exceptions, of course.
lol
It must be the end/beginning of the month again. Here is the same article that gets trotted out about that often. (At least the headline is the same.)
When Mitt was our governor he NEVER made an issue of his religion. If it weren’t constantly brought up by the media no one would know what faith he belonged to. He doesn’t wear his religion on his sleeve unlike a former bible toting president. Who happened to be a phony. Wonder how often he drags his 20 lb. bible to church these days?
God Bless our soldiers on this Memorial Day.
I’ll take a morman over a muslin anyday thank you very much AND I’d rather a morman than a bible thumping fake like clintooooon.
ditto on that
Confucius say, “Better to have Mormon in White House than Moron in WH”. Lo siento El Presidente Booosh!
Is Fred Morman?
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