Movie & Meeting "Bad Faith" September 19th

We have partnered with Greater Springfield Indivisible to show the movie "Bad Faith". 

Saturday, September 19th
Movie starts promptly at 4:00 pm 
Discussion is after the movie from about 5:15 to 5:45
Meeting is about the upcoming next Nationwide Mass Engagement upcoming in October. 

We will be serving popcorn and provide waters. We have full permission from RW&B for the movie with English Subtitles and have provided the Library with the permissions and have their approval as well.  The room can hold about 125 people, so invite a friend! 

Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on Democracy is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Stephen Ujlaki and co-directed by Chris Jones. The film examines the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States, its opposition to American democracy, and the historic role of Christian nationalists in the conservative movement. It begins with Paul Weyrich and Jerry Falwell in the Moral Majority and Weyrich's creation of the secretive Council for National Policy. These figures opposed secular and democratic institutions and supported using government to promote Christianity. Their political influence later contributed to the candidacy of Donald Trump, the subsequent January 6 United States Capitol attack, and the policy blueprints for Project 2025.

Ujlaki conceived the film after Trump won the 2016 election, which prompted him to reconsider his assumptions and to research the reasons supporters had voted for Trump. The documentary draws on a number of books about Christian nationalism, most notably works by journalist Anne Nelson and historian of religion Randall Balmer. The film was shot in 25 locations across the United States and Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic, and took several years to edit and complete. Reviews were largely positive; critics praised the film's educational value and its central thesis about the dangers of weakening the separation of church and state.