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FREE Film - WWJB - 12/17/08 - Wednesday
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

What Would Jesus Buy?

What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!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.

Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good old-fashioned preaching, Reverend Billy reminds us that we have lost the true meaning of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? is a journey into the heart of America – from exorcising the demons at the Wal-Mart headquarters to taking over the center stage at the Mall of America and then ultimately heading to the Promised Land … Disneyland.

Will we be led like Sheep to the Christmas slaughter, or will we find a new way to give a gift this Christmas? What Would Jesus Buy? may just be the divine intervention we’ve all been searching for.

This event is co-sponsored by Root Newspaper. www.kindercarolina.org

CHRISTmas Special Master List

Wednesday:
Muppets Christmas : Letters to Santa @ 8 PM on NBC
Great Performances: San Francisco Ballet's : The Nutcracker @ 8 PM on PBS
Christmas is Here Again @ 8 PM on WMYA
iCarly ( iChristmas ) @ 8 PM on Nickelodeon
How The Grinch Stole Christmas @ 8PM on Cartoon Network

Thursday:
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory @ 8 PM on AMC

Friday:
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special @ 9 PM on Comedy Central
Unwrapped ( Holiday Treats ) @ 10 PM on Food Network

Sunday:
I'll be home for Christmas @ 8 PM on WMYA
Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone @ 8 PM on PBS

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