Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This movie lays bare the crushing control and deprioritization of truth over "social order" and reputation protection in a deeply evangelical Christian community. The influence that its leaders exert on young people trains them to believe authority figures over evidence (even bizarre, far-from-reality explanations for things that have clear and obvious implications). People become reluctant to engage with questioning, especially from outsiders: the pain of cognitive dissonance discourages investigation, especially when one half of that dissonance arises from close family…
A beautiful meditation on the nature of processing trauma and moving on.