April 16, 2011

The Quickening Power of Holy Ghost People




Filmed in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia, Holy Ghost People (1967) joins the Holiness church for worship. Director Peter Adair's ethnographic vérité style creates an intimate portrait of true faith. The congregation sings, dances, speaks in tongues, drinks strychnine, and handles poisonous serpents. The transcendental atmosphere is cut with tension, more so when I tell you someone gets bitten.


Get the Ghost:  watch or download the full documentary.


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5 comments:

  1. øשlqædaApril 16, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    cloven tongues of fire

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  2. OccttavianiApril 16, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    I especially appreciated the first link, Murky. Thanks.

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  3. Murky RecessApril 17, 2011 at 12:59 AM

    Happy to hear, Occttaviani. I actually had to take down the second video because it had some audio issues. I decided to proff a different seen of worship instead. Hope you like it.

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  4. chauvisme.tumblr.comApril 24, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    Sound recorded by Steve Reich ...
    Is it the one?

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  5. AnonymousApril 24, 2011 at 10:51 PM

    this post is very usefull thx!

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