A recruitment film by any other name, this one aimed at shattering preconceived stereotypes surrounding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A happy, shiny, lemonade-blonde Mormon soldier named Jenna opens the show by conducting street interviews with New Yorkers, glibly punctuated by contrary clips from movies and TV shows. This quickly gives way to the task at hand: six myth-debunking portraits of Mormons across the globe, all filmed in the manner of human interest pieces you’d find on Sunday morning newscasts. After introducing us to a black bishop, a retired soldier, a kick-boxer for Christ, etc., the film arrives at the astonishing conclusion that Mormons are human, too. Did you know that members of the Mormon Church come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and that a successful religion is a happy religion? Whatever this is, it isn’t cinema. At 78 minutes, it only felt like 3 hours. Blair Treu directs. (2014) — Scott Marks
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