January 25, 2007
Child's Play
What we posted the other day, Page Six and Cinematical via Variety report today: that members of the Children of God cult, now called The Family, infiltrated the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in an attempt to do damage control while Noah Thomson's terrific documentary about the evangelical Christian group, Children of God: Lost & Found, was being screened. A cult member was caught secretly taping a post-screening Q&A, and fled the theater with the film's producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato in hot pursuit. Police got involved.
"The filmmakers say some members of the cult, accused of advocating indiscriminate sex, want to discredit the film," says Page Six, and on the cult's pretty website, The Prophet Bus, blogged from Park City, they mention talking to "a group of documentary producers who use the art of editing to distort the truth." And the caption to the photo here of a group member walking alongside Fenton Bailey is "Devon on Main St, telling a filmmaker about God's love. Unfortunately, not everyone was receptive to the truth." The truth is, though, that all this brouhaha can only increase interest in the film. And has.
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Comments
-- nosebleeds ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://worldofwonder.net/nav-commenters.gif)
| January 25, 2007 12:33 PM
I don't see the problem - they filmed your Q&A...am I missing something?
YCKTR
-- nosebleeds | January 25, 2007 12:33 PM
you arent allowed to film inside a theatre without permission. it was also possible that they had filmed the entire film.
-- fb | January 25, 2007 1:42 PM
Oh ok...now I got it. Yeah, that's fucked up.
But you're right, you can't BUY better publicity than this...
YCKTR
-- nosebleeds | January 25, 2007 2:48 PM
Congrats on making a splash in Park City either way. I'm actually a little honored that The Family used the term "the art of editing," [sniff] we editors like to feel pretty too. . .
-- Ben | January 25, 2007 2:53 PM
Congrats on making a splash in Park City either way. I'm actually a little honored that The Family used the term "the art of editing," [sniff] we editors like to feel pretty too. . .
-- Ben | January 25, 2007 2:54 PM
I'm morally opposed to Fenton's fur... Is there no end to the moral outrage?
-- Bunny | January 25, 2007 3:20 PM
the hat is fake fur! sundance channel swag from last year (as someone pointed out to me with a wee sneer - apparently its a fashion faxu pas to wear last years swag)
-- fb | January 25, 2007 6:43 PM
Caught the first screening, the Q&A was a little emotional but no Family outcrys, sounds like all the action was in the second screening.
Fenton, hope you were wearing your new long johns to keep you warm as you chased the spys down Main Street.
-- Rob | January 26, 2007 12:18 AM
No press is bad press.
The prophet bus crew just did the film a huge favor. I wonder if they know it yet?
-- Charlock | January 30, 2007 8:25 AM
I don't see the problem - they filmed your Q&A...am I missing something?
YCKTR