Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption (2013)

November 10th, 20131h 19min

Documentary
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Overview

Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas. This documentary follows the troupe, playwright, and audience around the world on a five-year journey of Terrence McNally’s passion play, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community: religion.


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