Mel White
Also Known As: the Rev. Mel White, Reverend Dr. Mel White, Rev. Mel White, Dr. Mel White, James White, James Melville White
Biography: James Melville "Mel" White (born June 26, 1940) is an American clergyman and author. White was a behind-the-scenes member of the Evangelical Protestant movement through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, writing film and television specials and ghostwriting autobiographies for televangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Billy Graham. After years of writing for the Christian right, he came out as gay in 1994 and devoted himself full-time to minister to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people, also writing extensively on the subject of gay Christians. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mel White, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santa Clara, California, USA
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Overview: A documentary look, mostly through the eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, at her rise and fall as a popular televangelist with husband Jim Bakker.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-25
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Cure for Love
Overview: A full-length documentary about a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals. The film brings us inside this unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several young people whose homosexuality is at odds with their religious beliefs.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-27
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For the Bible Tells Me So
Overview: An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-05
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Waiting for Armageddon
Overview: America's 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy - from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing documentary explores their world - in their homes, at conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel. By interweaving Christian, Zionist, Jewish and critical perspectives along with telling archival materials, the filmmakers probe the politically powerful - and potentially explosive - alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel...an alliance that may set the stage for what one prominent Evangelical leader calls "World War III."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-28
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Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi
Overview: Alexandra Pelosi travels through the United States interviewing and filming several evangelical pastors and congregations.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-25
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God and Gays
Overview: Documentary exploring the often tormented relationship between the gay community and the Christian community.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-06
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After Stonewall
Overview: This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-06
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Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher
Overview: Lonnie Frisbee was a young hippie seeker fully immersed in the 1960s counter culture when he claimed to have experienced an encounter with God while on an acid trip. This event so transformed him that Lonnie became an itinerant Christian evangelist, something of a John the Baptist of Southern California who compelled thousands of fellow spiritual seekers to make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. During the 1970s Lonnie Frisbee became widely known as California's "hippie preacher," the quintessential "Jesus freak" whose pictures frequented such magazines as Time and Life as the media told the story of a burgeoning "Jesus movement." Lonnie Frisbee provided the charismatic spark that launched the Calvary Chapel church into a worldwide ministry and propelled many fledgling leaders into some of the most powerful movers and shakers of the evangelical movement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-24
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The Right to Marry
Overview: A documentary that describes why marriage equality must be allowed for all adults. It outlines the struggles to get legal marriage and informs the discussion which helps counter the profusion of attacks on marriage equality, which continue unabated to this day. There are 13 main interviews with lesbian and gay community leaders, along with impromptu, brief interviews with numerous people at the 1994 Seattle Gay Pride Parade. Interviews are conducted by Demian.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-01
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