Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

Name: Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Director: James Brandon
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-11-10
Duration: 1 h 19 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Nic Arnzen, James Brandon, Matthew Montgomery, David Pevsner, Steve Callahan

Directed by James Brandon

Documentary

20131h 19m5.0

Overview

Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas. This documentary follows the troupe, playwright, and audience around the world on a five-year journey of Terrence McNally’s passion play, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community: religion.