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Leaving Jesus
Leaving Jesus
Leaving Jesus

Leaving Jesus

$375.00

 

    • Directed by: Ellen Fiske
    • Released: 2024 (educational)
    • Year of Production: 2023
Running Time: 87 min
Language: English, Norwegian
Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions
Subjects:   Spirituality Studies
      
       
How can one understand life when God no longer does it for us? A participatory and intimate portrayal that grasps the emotional struggle involved in leaving the context that has shaped one’s entire worldview and identity.
         

A group of former Christian fundamentalists gathers at a retreat center in San Francisco. Through therapy sessions, dance, and exercises in trust, the group wrestles with rediscovering meaning and a personal identity free from the fundamentalist communities they once belonged to. It becomes a collective journey filled with tears and fear. Together, they find strength in each other, but the path away from a given identity can be challenging to follow.

Official Selection at the 2024 Göteborg Film Festival

 

        
About the filmmaker 
            

Ellen Fiske is a director, writer, and producer. She directed the award-winning short films KEEP ME SAFE and LONE DADS, both set in Scotland. She is currently co-directing another feature documentary, JOSEFIN & FLORIN. Fiske was selected to participate in the CPH:LAB, the European Documentary Network’s 12 for the Future, and the IDFA Academy.
Her film SCHEME BIRDS (2019), co-directed by Ellinor Hallin, had its world premiere at Tribeca FF.    

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