[Dean's World] Dean: Alexandra Pelosi's Latest Film

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Posted by Dean:
Alexandra Pelosi's Latest Film
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1168876448.shtml


   I've seen two of Alexandra Pelosi's documentaries--her one about
   George W. Bush, and her one about the 2004 Democratic Presidential
   candidates--and enjoyed them. She's a very good and often captivating
   film maker. And yes, she's House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughter. So
   what? She's a good filmmaker.

   I was a little sad for her when I heard the news about her latest
   film, which is about evangelical Christianity. Not because of the
   subject--having seen her earlier work, I know it would be a fair and
   decent movie--but because tragedy struck just after she finished film
   making, and now the film will be all about that in people's minds:

     "I believe in the culture war,'' she said. "And you know what? If I
     have to take a side in the culture war I'll take their side,''
     meaning the Christian conservatives. "Because if you give me the
     choice of Paris Hilton or Jesus, I'll take Jesus.''

     Pelosi wrote, directed and produced "Friends of God,'' which took
     her through 16 states and the District of Columbia with a small,
     hand-held camera. It is offered as a series of snapshots, she said,
     with a focus on conservative evangelicals, including the ministers
     Jerry Falwell and Joel Osteen. In the film, [Rev. Ted] Haggard
     explains the allure of evangelical Christianity and extols the
     primacy of sex among evangelicals.

     "I unfortunately chose the wrong leading man,'' Pelosi said of
     Haggard, whom she picked for his credibility. She liked him, she
     said, and they spent a great deal of time together.

   Unfortunately, Haggard, who was a central player in much of the movie,
   got busted in a prostitution and drug scandal just a few weeks after
   the film was finished. He confessed, and lost his ministry. That's a
   little sad, only because now she's stuck with a movie that everyone
   will try to make about Haggard.

   You can [1]read the rest here.

References

   1. http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070113/NEWS/701130301/1004