I am trying to find the words to talk about GOSPEL OF REVOLUTION. I am saying this because while I have been watching meaty films over the last few months, a large number of them have been considerably less heady affairs. Lots of horror and action films, and not too complicated dramas. As a result, when a film like THE GOSPEL OF REVOLUTION comes along and requires my full attention I find it hard to step up my game once more.
This film is a look at Liberation Theology in Central and South America.
The film was made by Francois-Xavier Drouet who is a lapsed believer who had become more
interested in politics then theology. However, he found a point of interest in Liberation Theology which makes the teachings of the Christ political. The movement is such
that that the people in power are afraid of it. The marriage of politics and
religion is, as we see in the US currently, a powerful mix. Though unlike the
mix in the US the mix outside of the us tends to be socialist which means
American leaders hate it. They hate it so much that they instigated death
squads to crush the church and the religious leader speaking out for basic
humanity.
Director Drouet gives us a lot to take in. He shows us what
happened in several countries and talked to people involved with the various movements
who are still with us. It is a film that doesn’t talk down to us and assumes
you are going to keep up. Honestly, I am glad I didn’t see it in a theater
because I could pause it to process what I was seeing.
This is a great film.
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