Here’s my crazy theory about the problem with Mormon Literature: It’s not that most Mormons want to read something “clean” and uplifting. It’s that the folks who want only clean and uplifting reading are so worried about the possibility of reading or supporting something potentially “anti-Mormon” that they’ll avoid LDS-interest…
Category: Arts
Exmo Arts-n-Lit Roundup!
Who wants to swap some stories? Multimedia: The exmo documentary In the Shadow of the Temple is now in the preview for focus groups stage! And our friends at Mind on Fire have added a regular video/podcast feature. Exit Stories: The Lyoness has recently started a whole blog devoted to…
In the Shadow of the Temple
There’s an exciting new documentary in the works, coming out in the Fall of 2009! Called In the Shadow of the Temple, it’s about the lives of ex-Mormons and of people who don’t believe but still practice Mormonism for family reasons. The filmmakers have finished taking all of the footage…
A change of generations…
I hope you’ll be willing to indulge me for a little family brag here. 😉
“Book of Exmormon”
To all exmos, post-Mos, and DAMUs looking for a creative outlet: Sideon has proposed a collaborative Book of Exmormon!!! Check out the inaugural post to join the party!!!
Interview with documentary film-maker Brian F. Patrick
Brian F. Patrick is the director of the award-winning documentary Burying the Past, which will be shown at the Flood Street Theater in St. George at 7 p.m. September 9, and at 7 p.m. at the Tower Theater in Salt Lake City on September 11. Main Street Plaza: Is your…
The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey
Director: Gary Rogers Release Date: 2004
Fiction at Main Street Plaza
Coming soon to a browser near you, Main Street Plaza will be publishing fiction! Our first published piece will be “Love, Mormon Style,” by Bob Bringhurst. “Love, Mormon Style” was originally published in a short fiction anthology called In Our Lovely Deseret: Mormon Fictions. This is a humorous yet poignant…
Mormon Art
So what the heck is Mormon art, anyway? Putting aside the much larger question of what is art (but using the term broadly to cover all creative expression), we might instructively ask: What is a Mormon? Do we count only members of the mainstream organization, the Church of Jesus Christ…