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After the divine profits of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, whose distribution rollout was shepherded by Indie guru Bob Berney, Christian films have been on the ascension. Last week in Variety, Gregory Ellwood’s article “Independent Focus on Faith Films” surveyed the rise of Christian production companies, each which uses the American independent film model to spread the Good Word. And each company has carved out a particular genre and/or market for its faith-based work. Namesake, says CEO Joe Goodman, makes “films that are more in the thriller/horror genre that may have a spiritual theme.” Coming up for fall House, a horror film about an un-holy ghost. For Codeblack, on the hand, according to CEO Jeff Clanagan, “our movies under our faith-based banner have a very specific target marketing to the African-American gospel market,”
Christian spirit has now spread to the internet with the establishment of GodTube, a evangelical version of YouTube. As in a parallel universe, GodTube has the same shaky camera, bad singing, and juvenile parodies as its predecessor — only this time with a message. Check out the Christian (mostl white) rewind of Sir Mix-A-Lot’s infamous song “Baby Got Back.” Here it is book, not back, that baby’s got.
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