Words From the Filmmakers of...Seeing Red

Whaddya' know...

Welcome to God's new party... (sort of)

Missing Again

The values voters hit the bricks, and Karl Rove can't do a thing about it

The Big Questions

What we asked, and were asked back...

Superior Moral Values?...That's Crazy...!

After the 2004 election I heard, along with most Americans paying attention after the voting (can't blame those who weren't) that the exit poll shared by most media outlets suggested that George Bush won because he had superior moral values as compared to John Kerry.

The noise in my head, screaming really (that's crazy!!! what values ARE those anyway???) and the debunking of the poll question about morality were roughly parallel streams, but I was still left with the feeling that the Republican party had permanently and irrevocably claimed the ultimate social and political moral high ground, in a country ever more attentive to things moral. Big problem for progressives with a heart for God...

Trying to Remember Who I was Before

Today is the day of our website launch for Seeing Red. Yet, as I sit here adding the last bits of content, making final edits…I feel a bit of panic.

I'm launching a site with my co-producer who is now an evangelical Christian. And as a secular Jew who has just spent many months with conservative Christians, I've grown comfortable with religious speak. So here's the fear: if we let loose now, if we write as the people we are today, if we speak freely about faith… will we scare away our secular audience?

A Day in the Life of an Indy Filmmaker...On a Mission

My life is now, burning DVD's, recutting trailers, and tuning up webclips... All because God told me to find a couple of Jews and a Hindu and make a movie about religion and politics.

I'm a fat, middle-aged white guy living out his ultimate fantasy. I get to talk about God and politics all I want, in between having at least 2 jobs, 2 kids, and a very patient spouse who if she hears me say ("the problem with the DLC is that they...") one more time, just might leave.

I know from experience that once you get drilled down into this nexus land of religio-politics it just keeps sucking you in. Unlike other topics political, which hit some cynical dead end roadblock, at some point (right???), this one keeps begging questions, and begging answers...