May 30 - May 31

Huie's Sermon / God's Angry Man

(Both 1980) HUIE'S SERMON: A black preacher's Sunday sermon in a Brooklyn church escalates to an ecstatic climax which brings the entire church to its feet. GOD'S ANGRY MAN: Dr. Gene Scott, a thickly sideburned three-piece-suited televangelist preacher - and one time NYC late-night regular - collects several hundred thousand dollars within 30 minutes, but never mentions faith. "Imagine Travis Bickle with his own late night talk show." - Paul Arthur, Film Comment. Plus PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FANATICS (1969).