From producer Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME) and director Rob VanAlkemade comes a serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) was a lost idealist who hitchhiked to New York City only to find that Times Square was becoming a mall. Spurred on by the loss of his neighborhood and inspired by the sidewalk preachers around him, Bill bought a collar to match his white caterer's jacket, bleached his hair and became the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping. Since 1999, Reverend Billy has gone from being a lone preacher with a portable pulpit preaching on subways, to the leader of a congregation and a movement whose numbers are well into the thousands.It's a funny look at the effects of big box culture, sweatshops and the importance of buying local. Read more at the movie website.
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What Would Jesus Buy?
Tuesday, November 18
7:00pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Capital City Bar & Grill
3149 S. Dirksen Pkwy, Springfield
Free Admission