The lights had hardly dimmed for opening ceremonies when Doug Philips, the festival's organizer, told the audience they were drawing a battle line in the culture wars. This crowd was markedly un-Hollywood, the men wearing jeans and Polo shirts, the women in high necklines and low hems. It was a movie you've probably never heard of.įireproof, starring former teen idol Kirk Cameron, was all the talk of some 2,000 Christian movie fans gathering at the San Antonio (Texas) Independent Christian Film Festival in January. If you don't believe us, take this quiz: What was the biggest grossing independent film in 2008? No, not Slumdog Millionaire. ![]() Fed up with sex and violence in mainstream entertainment, conservative Christians are turning out their own films. As Hollywood crowns its favorite movies and actors at the Oscars on Sunday, another group is trying to create a rival movie industry.
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