
A documentary which follows a group of siblings who eke out their existence from the offerings and other goods found in the sacred Bagmati River.... (Full plot summary below)
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A documentary which follows a group of siblings who eke out their existence from the offerings and other goods found in the sacred Bagmati River.
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussContrasts the emotional storm raging within a suicidal artist with the picture-perfect, travelogue background of its tropical island locations... |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisCharacters need to be more than vehicles for making a point, and a genuinely heartfelt tone is only partial compensation for an inability to convey the complexity of ideas. |
| User ReviewKevin JTeared up at the end. Made me so sad and pissed off. |
| User ReviewPedro CA movie set in beautiful Bahamas which depicts rampant homophobia, the religious bigots' efforts to persuade the government to deny gay rights, closted reverends, hypocrisy, and a young artist unsure of himself. The religious aspects lead to the title "Children Of God" but I was more interested in the romance between Johnny and Romeo. Johnny Ferro underplays the character and the actor is not mesmerizing enough to make us care. Stephen Williams is much more dynamic as the duplicitious Romeo. Margaret Laurena Kemp plays the bigoted Lena and I found her character to be truly scary because homophobia is based on ignorance. Another frightening character is her husband, the closeted reverend well played by Mark Richard Ford. Van Brown is the understanding Rev. Ritchie and I wish the movie had given him more time with his preaching of compassion. Couldn't this charming actor have persuaded the ambiguous church members? I listened to writer and director Kareem Mortimer state how he was depicting homophobia in the Bahamas but I think he should have focused more on the characters than trying to make a message movie. Honestly, the two elements don't really jell. A well-told story with interesting characters is the best way to get your message across. We all know that religion is the last resort for homophobia which is well documented in the news, we are more interested in the lives of these characters. The ending is too downbeat and I would have preferred that Johnny defends himself than resort to an afterlife to fulfill his dreams. |
| User ReviewTero KBitingly accurate description of Christian conservative homophobia and it's destructiveness. |
| User ReviewColey G"why they call you purple?" LOL |
| User ReviewJoffrey HI didn't like it as much as it was a very good movie. It touches on some challenges facing a black community with regards to gays and Christianity. The ending was a bit of a letdown but well worth watching. |
| User ReviewLee MCharacters need to be more than vehicles for making a point, and a genuinely heartfelt tone and beautiful lensing is only partial compensation for an inability to convey the complexity of ideas. |
| User ReviewOscar TPelÃcula realizada en las Bahamas en donde la homosexualidad y la homofobia son la base de la trama sin embargo, le falta esencia y el final es casi absurdo |
| User ReviewGraham BLa historia es la misma que otra, lo diferente es el contexto, el escenario, la gente. |