Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

Name: Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Director: James Brandon
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013
Rating: 5
Cast: Nic Arnzen, James Brandon, Matthew Montgomery, David Pevsner, Steve Callahan

"Challenge everything you believe."

5/10

2013

1h 19m

Documentary

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.