Welcome brothers and sisters to Mormon Movie Reviews: Where LDS movie lovers belong! My name is Dives, today is Nov 1, 2022, this is episode 138 and will we be reviewing

EP 138 - Children of Promise: Jesus in America (1980)

   • 1980 Children’s Filmstrip for Mormons...  

Running time: 14 minutes

Synopsis

Tells the story of two little children in Zarahemla during Book of Mormon times. One girl is a good Lamanite and she tells us that Jesus made her dark skin white because she was righteous. The filmstrip details Jesus' post-crucifixion appearance to the new world in which he anoints his disciples and heals the sick.

Film Background

Not an official church production

1980 filmstrip by Eternal Quest Productions. Filmstrip #11 of 12, “Jesus in America”. Dramatized telling of the Book of Mormon for children.

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Conclusion

This filmstrip is almost comically bizarre, but far from being out in left field, it represents the culture and ideals of a generation; my generation when I was growing up in the church.

While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints once taught that native people in North America and South America were the descendants of the Lamanites and that the Book of Mormon was a history of their ancestors, the church has now backed off of that teaching and says that no one knows who the descendants of the Lamanites are today.

Final Thoughts

Children of Promise is blatantly racist, anachronistic, historically laughably inaccurate, and particularly harmful for young persons with disabilities.

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