Mel White

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Jun 26, 1940 (84 years old)

Mel White

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Waiting for Armageddon
1h 14m
Movie 2009

Waiting for Armageddon

America's 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy - from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing documentary explores their world - in their homes, at conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel. By interweaving Christian, Zionist, Jewish and critical perspectives along with telling archival materials, the filmmakers probe the politically powerful - and potentially explosive - alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel...an alliance that may set the stage for what one prominent Evangelical leader calls "World War III."

Cure for Love
0h 59m
Movie 2008

Cure for Love

A full-length documentary about a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals. The film brings us inside this unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several young people whose homosexuality is at odds with their religious beliefs.

For the Bible Tells Me So
1h 38m
Movie 2007

For the Bible Tells Me So

An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.

Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi
0h 56m
Movie 2007

Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi

Alexandra Pelosi travels through the United States interviewing and filming several evangelical pastors and congregations.

God and Gays
1h 30m
Movie 2006

God and Gays

Documentary exploring the often tormented relationship between the gay community and the Christian community.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye
1h 19m
Movie 2000

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

A documentary look, mostly through the eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, at her rise and fall as a popular televangelist with husband Jim Bakker.

After Stonewall
1h 28m
Movie 1999

After Stonewall

This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.

The Right to Marry
1h 14m
Movie 1996

The Right to Marry

A documentary that describes why marriage equality must be allowed for all adults. It outlines the struggles to get legal marriage and informs the discussion which helps counter the profusion of attacks on marriage equality, which continue unabated to this day. There are 13 main interviews with lesbian and gay community leaders, along with impromptu, brief interviews with numerous people at the 1994 Seattle Gay Pride Parade. Interviews are conducted by Demian.

Biography

James Melville "Mel" White (born June 26, 1940) is an American clergyman and author. White was a behind-the-scenes member of the Evangelical Protestant movement through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, writing film and television specials and ghostwriting autobiographies for televangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Billy Graham. After years of writing for the Christian right, he came out as gay in 1994 and devoted himself full-time to minister to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people, also writing extensively on the subject of gay Christians. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mel White, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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