My local theatre won't play" US vs John Lennon"

[Joanne98]

I live in red state country and even I was surprised when they did this. I e-mailed the manager and asked her if she was playing "JESUS CAMP". I haven't got a reponse yet.

[dsc]

1. We recently got a new theater in town and I was so psyched

I figured I might finally be able to see some off beat movies in town from time to time. Instead the other theater closed. Now I am actually worse off in that the first theater did show some good films on occassion. Now it is all teen fare all the time.

[whistle]

2. Jesus Camp is in many ways like the Nazi film "Triumph of the Will"

[minnesota_liberal]

3. Vote with your wallet (n/t)

[datasuspect]

4. isn't this movie just a compilation of archival footage

interspersed with new interviews with relevant people?

i'm a REALLY big fan of archival footage BTW.

we could use some of john lennon's naivete nowadays. his innocence highlights how cynical this culture has become.

[Joanne98]

5. It doesn't matter. They play every other piece of crap.....

But they won't play what BUSH doesn't like! BTW It's CINEMARK! I hope their stock GOES TO HELL!

[datasuspect]

6. it all comes down to $$$$

depending on where you live (like small town/rural/extremely red) there are ASSLOADS of interesting movies you'll never get to see that routinely play in larger markets.

[CarlVK]

7. We had a similar situation - local theater refused "Broke Back Mtn"

And for such a conservative area, got a surprising number of protests about that decision.

It seems that even many conservatives do NOT like to be told what they can and cannot see.