For the Bible Tells Me So

Here's a first for you - well, for me at least; I saw a movie in a church last night.

Anyhow, the movie was "for the BIBLE tells me so". It's a documentary based on the lives of several American families from a variety of Christian denominations who have a gay or lesbian child. The stories are compelling dramas, sometimes heroic, sometimes tragic, played out as each parent and child deals with the task of reconciling their religious beliefs that homosexuality is "an abomination" and the homophobia this has engendered in society and which they and their children must now confront and deal with.

I thoroughly recommend this movie to you.

I don't believe this has been released generally yet. It seems that at the moment the movie is on a roadshow and is screening primarily in churches and community venues. The website for "for the BIBLE tells me so" has listings of showtimes if you are interested.

For the BIBLE Tells Me So is available at Amazon.com

The movie has garnered several awards, including those listed below:

2007 Sundance Film Festival
NOMINEE, GRAND JURY PRIZE

Seattle International Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
KATHLEEN BRYAN EDWARDS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Provincetown International Film Festival
HBO AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

Outfest Los Angeles
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

Milwaukee International Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST DIRECTOR FOR DOCUMENTARY

Image Out: The Rochester Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

Reel Pride: Fresno Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

Tampa international Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY