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EP 85: Joseph Smith The Man (1980)

Link: https://youtu.be/TECB8tMdiPE 

Running time: 8 minutes

Rating: not rated 

Genre: Religious drama

This review works best if you have seen this film before, though that is not required. we will watch the short together while I provide insightful, and occasionally irreverent commentary.

Spoiler alert

Synopsis

A group of children come to Lethe Tatge's home to hear about the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Film Background 

technically speaking, this is not an official church video

this film was brought to us by the visual transit authority under the direction of famed Mormon filmmaker TC Christiansen

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Conclusion 

The children in this film are doing what Mormon children are supposed to do, accept elders wisdom and marvel at how lucky they are to be born into the one true church

this film is a vehicle for mythologizing Joseph Smith, to make him larger than life, to make him a legend, to lionize him, it never deals with any of Joseph’s troubling legacy, much less bring it up, no sir

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