Montreal Mirror & The Concordian (reviews)

“Cinema Politica is a proud supporter of American independent documentary cinema, and so when a film like Silhouette City comes along, we are pretty damn happy.”

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February 6, 2010 | Filed Under News, Reviews | Leave a Comment

San Francisco Theatrical Premiere

September 11 – 17 at The Roxie Film Center
Advance tickets available here
from the SF Bay Guardian:
“Named for an urban-warfare training camp established by radical Christian group the Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in the 1980s, Michael W. Wilson’s doc traces a historical thru-line from that group to apocalypse-anticipating 21st century Evangelicals. They’ve come a long way from simply isolating themselves in the backwoods with weapons stockpiles; these days, they’re in positions of political power, or are best-selling authors, or oversee enormous congregations. In some cases, they’re all three at once. The first act of Silhouette City is full of vintage footage of the Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord’s culty goings-on, which are so fascinating that Wilson probably could’ve made an entire documentary on just that subject, especially with former church member Kerry Noble as a featured talking head.”

September 9, 2009 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

The Call: Spiritual Warfare in the Field of Martyrs

On November 1, 2008, I attended The Call – a rally organized by Lou Engle at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium – attended by 33,000 (according to organizer estimates) over a twelve hour period. Citing the state’s “fog of Jezebel confusion”* Engle organized this incarnation of The Call to support Proposition 8 – a California ballot proposition that would ban same-sex marriage in the state. During the event, Engle warned that the decadence in the state “will release a spirit that is more demonic than Islam”. The Call is a large-scale traveling revival that purports to offer participants an edifying day of fasting and prayer away from the temptations of secular culture. But far from being a quiet zone for collective meditation, TheCall was a anxious assembly of endtime spiritual warriors.

My documentation of the event can be seen in this video: