Celluloid Sermons: The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, 1930-1986

Celluloid Sermons. The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, Celluloid Sermons is the first historical study of this phenomenon. Terry Lindvall.
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Authors Terry Lindvall is C. The Art and Practice of Cinematography. Christian filmmaking, done outside of the corporate Hollywood industry and produced for Christian churches, affected a significant audience of church people.

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Protestant denominations and individuals believed that they could preach and teach more effectively through the mass medium of film. Although suspicion toward the film industry marked many conservatives during the early s, many Christian leaders came to believe in the power of technology to convert or to morally instruct people.

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Thus the growth of a Christian film industry was an extension of the Protestant tradition of preaching, with the films becoming celluloid sermons. Advanced Search Find a Library. Your list has reached the maximum number of items. Please create a new list with a new name; move some items to a new or existing list; or delete some items. Your request to send this item has been completed.

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New York University Press. Lindvall and Quicke traced the corpus of filmmaking, and the film-related activities of organizations or individuals who sought to evangelize, preach, teach, provoke, or convert through the medium of 16mm film—otherwise known as celluloid sermons. As the title indicates, the authors focused on the period of — The authors focused on the activities of Protestant churches, but included the activities and influences of Catholic churches, clergy, and laymen in the ecumenical crusade against the perceived lack of morals being projected at twenty-four frames per second on theater screens across America.

Lindvall and Quicke chronicle the involvement of organizations created to support and manage the Christian film industry, and the roles played by existing Christian and secular organizations.

Celluloid Sermons: The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, 1930-1986

Various forms of support came from companies like Eastman Kodak, corporate magnates, and other wealthy individuals. The appendix, Chronology of Christian Film History, helps the reader to follow the discussion of the overlapping histories. Readers are helped to appreciate the challenges faced by the Christian film industry in its struggle to utilize film technology for its own purposes and audiences.