Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Crew
Howard Smith
Director, Producer
Sarah Kernochan
Director, Producer
Lawrence Silk
Editor
Jeffrey Friedman
Assistant Editor
Kenneth Van Sickle
Director of Photography
Ed Lynch
Director of Photography
David Myers
Director of Photography
Michael Shea
Director of Photography
Thomas Reichman
Director of Photography
Richard Pearce
Director of Photography
Max Palevsky
Executive Producer
Jeanne Field
Production Assistant
Robert Grant
Assistant Camera
Michael Klick
Assistant Camera
Ned Kopp
Assistant Camera
L.A. Johnson
Sound Recordist
John Binder
Sound
Barbara Kopple
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