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Holy Ghost People

Posted By Jim Spickard On January 28, 2008 @ 7:19 pm In Pentecostals, Congregations, Christianity, Evangelical Protestants, Sects, North America | No Comments

Film Title: Holy Ghost People, by Peter Adair (1967) — 57 minutes

Distributor: Available from [1] [2] GPod

Summary: Holy Ghost People describes the beliefs and practices of a snake-handling Pentecostal church and shows candid shots of the congregation during a service, including snake handling and glossolalia. In a dramatic ending, the leader is bitten by a rattlesnake.

For a longer review, see the above [1] [2] GPod link, which has posted most of a review by Gary Morris from: [3] Bright Lights Film Journal. (Click [4] here, then scroll down the page to find the full review.)

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URL to article: http://religionfilms.coolsociology.net/2008/01/28/holy-ghost-people/

URLs in this post:
[1] GPod: http://www.greylodge.org/gpc/?p=91
[2] GPod: http://www.greylodge.org/gpc/?p=91
[3] Bright Lights Film Journal. : http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/45/stabs.htm
[4] here: http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/45/stabs.htm

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