Comments on: The Believers, a film directed by Todd Holland http://transcurrents.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/the-believers-a-film-directed-by-todd-holland/ Because some people have trans current events. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Beth http://transcurrents.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/the-believers-a-film-directed-by-todd-holland/#comment-33 Beth Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:02:40 +0000 http://transcurrents.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/the-believers-a-film-directed-by-todd-holland/#comment-33 The Believers will screen at Outfest (Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival) on 7/18/07 and 7/22/07. The Believers will screen at Outfest (Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival) on 7/18/07 and 7/22/07.

]]> By: transcurrents http://transcurrents.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/the-believers-a-film-directed-by-todd-holland/#comment-2 transcurrents Fri, 11 May 2007 05:34:49 +0000 http://transcurrents.wordpress.com/2007/05/10/the-believers-a-film-directed-by-todd-holland/#comment-2 The Believers is a documentary about the Gay Grammy winning Transcendence Gospel Choir of The City of Refuge Church, located in San Francisco. http://home.comcast.net/~tgchoir/ I viewed The Believers for the second time tonight at the Center presentation. The was a good crowd. The director and some of the film subjects were present. The film's power is in showing lives lived against the grain of society. And the beauty and grandeur of music created by those lives. I will paraphrase what one of the film's subjects eloquently expressed: Each of the singers has overcome great challenges to participate in the choir. The music they sing expresses the victory of battles won. Their singing encourages us, the listeners, to fight for own private and public victories. Through the Transcendence Gospel Choir we gain strength to keep up the good fight. The Believers is a documentary about the Gay Grammy winning Transcendence Gospel Choir of The City of Refuge Church, located in San Francisco. http://home.comcast.net/~tgchoir/

I viewed The Believers for the second time tonight at the Center presentation. The was a good crowd. The director and some of the film subjects were present.

The film’s power is in showing lives lived against the grain of society. And the beauty and grandeur of music created by those lives.

I will paraphrase what one of the film’s subjects eloquently expressed:

Each of the singers has overcome great challenges to participate in the choir. The music they sing expresses the victory of battles won. Their singing encourages us, the listeners, to fight for own private and public victories. Through the Transcendence Gospel Choir we gain strength to keep up the good fight.

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