All God's Children (1996)

Directed by

Sylvia Rhue

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

26 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews Black leaders and public figures about the relationship between the Black church and LGBTQ people. It aims to counter anti-gay rhetoric by featuring voices of support and inclusion.

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What happens

All God's Children is a 1996 documentary film directed by Sylvia Rhue, Frances Reid and Dee Mosbacher. The film features interviews with Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Quincy Jones and Harvard professor Cornel West. Kenneth Reeves says the film's primary focus is to counteract the conservative Christian Coalition's attempts to provoke "suspicion and hate in the Black Church against gays and lesbians." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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